JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The The merupakan grup band post-punk asal Inggris yang memopulerkan lagu “This Is the Night”.
Lagu tersebut muncul dalam album studio keempat mereka yang bertajuk Dusk (1993).
Album Dusk berisikan 10 trek dan sukses mencapai peringkat ke-2 di tangga lagu UK Albums Chart.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - The Smiths
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “This Is the Night” dari The The.
[Intro]
D F#m G G
D A G G
[Verse 1]
D F#m
I'm scared of the things I think of
G G
when night comes along
D F#m
Something gets hold of me
G G
Something I can't never see
[Chorus 1]
Bm D
Oh, it's a wicked world
G G A
Awaits the ones our young girls bear
Bm D G A
Oooooh, I need somebody to hold me
[Chorus 2]
Bm D G A
In the fading light of this coming night
Bm D G (E F#,bass)
In the fading light of this coming night
D F#m G G
D A G G
[Verse 2]
D F#m
How many whores have walked through that door
G G
Lain by my side and climbed in my mind and
D F#m G
taken me down to where the heat
D F#m
blisters the skin upon my feet
G
makes me reach out, and weep
D F#m
for the days whenI was pure of heart
G
and slept in peace
Bm A G F#m
Bm A G F#m
Bm A G F#m
Bm A G F#m
[Chorus 1]
Bm D
Oh, it's a wicked world
G Em F#m
Awaits the ones our young girls bear
Bm D G A
Oh, I need somebody to hold me
[Outro]
Bm D G
In the fading light of this coming night
Bm D G A
In the fading light. This coming night
Bm A G A
Bm A G A
Bm A G A
Bm A G A
Bm D G
In the fading light of this coming night
Bm D G
In the fading light this the night
Bm