JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Paint a Vulgar Picture” merupakan salah satu lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh The Smiths.
Lagu ini dirilis 1987 dan menjadi bagian dalam album bertajuk Strangeways, Here We Come.
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Berikut lirik dan chord lagu “Paint a Vulgar Picture” yang dipopulerkan oleh The Smiths:
[Intro]
| E5 | E |(E) | G |
| C F G | C F G F | (6/4)
| Am F G | F G| Am F G | |
[Verse 1]
C F G
At the record company meeting,
C F G
On their hands: a dead star.
Am F G
And ooh, the plans that they weave,
F Am F G E*
And ooh, the sickening greed.
[Verse 2]
A D E
At the record company party
A D E
On their hands: a dead star.
F#m D E
The sycophantic slags all say:
D A D E
"I knew him first, and I knew him well."
A D E
Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!
A D E
Re-evaluate the songs,
F#m D E
Double pack with a photograph,
D A D E G
Extra track (and a tacky badge.)
[Verse 3]
C F
A-list, playlist,
G
"Please them, please them, please them!"
C F G
(Sadly, this was your life)
Am F G
But you could have said no, if you'd wanted to,
F Am F G
You could have said no, if you'd wanted to.
[Verse 4]