Lirik dan Chord Lagu New York City - John Lennon

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, John Lennon, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “New York City”.

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1972 melalui label Apple Records.

“New York City” muncul dalam album dobel studionya yang bertajuk Sometime In New York City.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “New York City” dari John Lennon.

[Intro]
D E

[Verse 1]
E
Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono
                                            B
We was waiting for Jerry to land
B
Up come a man with a guitar in his hand
                                                     E
Singing "have a marijuana if you can"
        A
His name was David Peel, we found that he was real
                       A
He sang "The Pope Smokes Dope Everyday"
A
Up come the policeman shoved us up the street
             B
Singin "Power to the People today!"

[Chorus]
                 A
New York City
                  E
New York City
                  A
New York City
        D
Que pasa New York
                                         A
Que pasa New York, hey hey

[Verse 2]
         E
Well down to Max's City
                                                                                   B
Put down the nitty gritty with the Elephants Memory Band
B
Laid something down as the news spread around
                                                                   E
About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band!
A
Played some funky boogie and laid some "Tutti Frutti"
              A
Singing "Long Tall Sally's a man"
A
Up come a preacher man trying to be a teacher
              B
Singing "God's a red herring in drag!"

[Chorus]
                A
New York City
                E
New York City
                A
New York City
        D
Que pasa New York
        D
Que pasa New York, hey hey

[Solo 1]

|D |D |E |E |E |B |B |B |B |
|E |A |A |A |A |A |A |B |B |

[Chorus]
                         A
Hey, New York City
                              E
All right, New York City
                 A
New York City
        D
Que pasa New York
                                         A
Que pasa New York, hey hey

[Verse 3]
                          E
Well we did the Staten Island Ferry
             E
Making movies for the telly
                  B
Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom
B
Tried to shake our image
            B
Just a cycling through the Village
                                                         E
But found that we had left it back in London
        A
Well nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us
        A
We decided to make it our home
          A
If the man wants to shove us out
A
We gonna jump and shout
        B
The Statue of Liberty said "Come!"

[Chorus]
                A
New York City
                E
New York City
                A
New York City
        D
Que pasa New York
        D                               D
Que pasa New York, hey hey

[Solo 2]

|E |E |E |B |B |B |B |E |
|A |A |A |A |A |A |B |B |

[Chorus]
                 A
New York City
                             E
Back in New York City
                       A
Hey New York City
        D
Que pasa New York
        D                              A
Que pasa New York, hey City
                    E
Down in the Village
                     A
Hey what a city
        D
Que pasa New York
        D                              A
Que pasa New York, hey rock on
        E
Ahh Suki
A
Yeah
        D
Que pasa New York
         D                                       A
Que pasa New York, hey what a bad, bad city
               E
Bad-ass city
               A
Bad-ass city
        D
Que pasa New York
        D                               A
Que pasa New York, hey city, city