Lirik dan Chord Lagu Forest Fire – Dead Kennedys

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup musik asal Amerika Serikat, Dead Kennedys, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Forest Fire”.

Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 2001 melalui label rekaman Decay Music.

“Forest Fire” muncul dalam album studio mereka yang bertajuk Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu It Won’t Be Like This Forever – Neck Deep

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Forest Fire” dari Dead Kennedys:

[Intro]
                            B
(bass intro) ahaha
C#                       B
ahahaha ahahialala la lalala
C#
No junk food, just earthly goods
    B
I ate weird berries in the woods
C#
Now I'm seeing colors; I'm getting higher

[Pre-Chorus]
  B                       C# E       C#   D D# E F F# G G# A5
I think I'll start a forest fire

[Verse 1]
(bass)
           A B
There's a forest fire climbin' the hill
           A B
Burning wealthy California homes
        D           A            E         B         A B
Better run run run run run run from the fire

[Verse 2]
             A B
But some of us stay and watch
            A B
And we think of your insurance costs
         D                   A                 E                B           A B
And we laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh at your lives

[Chorus]
A
           Windows covered with bars
B A
         Security guards
A B
        Is that a house or a fortress?
A B
       Against the rest of the world

B A
         Windows covered with bars
B A
         Security guards
A B
        Is that a house or a fortress?
A B
       how you gonna get out?

[Interlude]
B Bb A Ab G Ab A

[Verse 3]
A          B                    D           B
Electric bull and your tennis courts
A           B             D          B
Pink sports cars and your boats
             D                A              E             B         A B
Getting fried fried fried fried fried fried by the fire

[Chorus]
A
        Windows covered with bars
B A
       Floodlights for the yard
A B
       It's a pleasure to watch you
A B
       Watch it all melt

[Bridge]
       F#
But hey!
                         E
What about the cocaine
                           F#
Stockpiled in the basement?
                     E
Be a hero and save it
                                     F#        E
You know you're gonna need it
F# E
F# E
F# E F# A

[Verse 4]
B           C#                       E         C#
Where's your brand new pretty wife?
B            C#             E       C#
She might still be inside
           E             B          F#         C#         B C#
Either save her or your cocaine from the fire

[Verse 5]
B          C#                      E        C#
But the gates and doors are locked
B          C#                         E       C#
'Cause the burglar alarms went off
       E           B            F#            C#      B C#
Ever wonder why we laugh laugh at your lives?

[Chorus]
      B
        Windows covered with bars
C#  B
         Fences spiked with barbed wire
B C#
          Never looked so helpless
B C#
          Engulfed in flames

C# B
         Cameras watchin' the walls
C# B
          Don't forget the dogs
B C#
        Now you're trapped in your prison
B C#
         how you gonna get out?

[Interlude]
C# C B C C#
Yee-ah!

See the gerbil
E          B             F#           B
run run run run run run run run
E          B              F#           B
Run run run run run run run run run
E           B              F#          B         C#              C#
Run run run run run run run run run from the fire