JAKARTA – Vampire Weekend, band indie pop dari Amerika Serikat, kembali memikat pendengar dengan lagu “This Life” yang dirilis pada tahun 2019 sebagai bagian dari album mereka yang berjudul “Father of the Bride.” Lagu ini telah menjadi salah satu karya terkenal mereka dan telah meraih perhatian luas di berbagai platform musik.
“This Life” adalah sebuah lagu yang menggambarkan perasaan kebahagiaan dan keceriaan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Dengan melodi yang ceria dan lirik yang penuh semangat, Vampire Weekend berhasil menciptakan karya yang menggugah dan menginspirasi. Frontman Ezra Koenig menggunakan vokalnya yang ceria untuk menyampaikan pesan kebahagiaan dan keceriaan dalam hidup.
[Verse 1]
A D
Baby, I know pain is
D E
as natural as the
rain
A
I just thought it
D
didn’t rain in
D E
California
A D
Baby, I know love
D
isn’t what I
E
thought it was
A
Cause I’ve never known
D D
a love like this
E
before ya
[Verse 2]
A D
Baby, I know dreams
D
tend to crumble at
E
extremes
A
I just thought our
D
dream would last a
D E
little bit longer
A
There’s a time when
D D
every man draws a
E
line down in the
sand
A
We’re surviving, we’re
D D
still living, all
E
stronger, hoo hoo!
[Pre-Chorus 1]
D
You’ve been cheating
Bm
on, cheating on me
E
I’ve been cheating on,
A
cheating on you
D
You’ve been cheating
Bm
on me
E
But I’ve been cheating
through
[Chorus 1]
A D E
This life
A
And all its suffering
D E
A D E
Oh Christ
A
Am I good for nothing
D E
[Verse 2]
A D
Baby I know hate is
D
always waiting at
E
the gate
A
I just thought we
D
locked the gate
when we left in
D E
the morning
A
And I was told that
D D
war is how we landed
E
on these shores
A
I just thought the
D
drums of war beat
D E
louder warnings,
hoo hoo!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
D
You’ve been cheating
Bm
on, cheating on me
E
I’ve been cheating on,
A
cheating on you
D
You’ve been cheating
Bm
on me
E
But I’ve been cheating
through
[Chorus 2]
A
This life
D
E
(Cheating on,
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating on,
cheating on you)
And all its ——-
A D
suffering
E
(You’ve been
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating through)
A
Oh Christ
D
E
(Cheating on,
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating on,
cheating on you)
Am I good for ——-
A D
nothing?
E
(You’ve been
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating through)
[Verse 3]
A D
Baby I know death
D
probably hasn’t
E
happened yet
A
Cause I don’t remember
D D
livin’ life before
E
this
A
And darling, our
D D
disease is the
E
same one as the
trees
A
Unaware that they’ve
D D
been living in a
E
forest
A D E
Hoo hoo!
[Pre-Chorus 3]
D
You’ve been cheating
Bm
on cheating on me
E
I’ve been cheating on
A
cheating on you
D
You’ve been cheating
Bm
on me
E
But I’ve been cheating
through
[Chorus 3] (x2 to
fade)
A
This life
D
E
(Cheating on,
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating on,
cheating on you)
And all its ——-
A D
suffering
E
(You’ve been
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating through)
A
Oh Christ
D
E
(Cheating on,
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating on,
cheating on you)
Am I good for
A D
nothing?
E
(You’ve been
cheating on me, I’ve
been cheating through)
