JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Inggris, John Lennon, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “John Sinclair”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1972 melalui label Apple Records.
“John Sinclair” muncul dalam album dobel studionya yang bertajuk Sometime In New York City.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “John Sinclair” dari John Lennon.
E
It ain't fair, John Sinclair
E
In the stir for breathing air
A
Won't you care for John Sinclair?
A
In the stir for breathing air
E
Let him be, set him free
E
Let him be like you and me
B
They gave him ten for two
A
What else can Judge Columba do?
G
We got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to
E
Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to set him free
E
If he was a soldier man
E
Shooting gooks in Vietnam
A
If he was the CIA
A
Selling dope and making hay
E
He'd be free, they'd let him be
E
Breathing air, like you and me
B
They gave him ten for two
A
What else can Judge Columba do?
G
We got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to
E
Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to set him free
B
They gave him ten for two
A
And they got *** and *** too
G
We got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to
E
Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to set him free
E
Was he jailed for what he done
E
Or representing everyone?
A
Free John now, if we can
A
From the clutches of the man
E
Let him be, lift the lid
E
Bring him to his wife and kids
All right
B
They gave him ten for two
A
What else can the bastards do?
G
We got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to
E
Got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to, got to set him free