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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Penyanyi-penulis lagu Lou Reed merilis lagu berjudul “Romeo Had Juliette” pada 1989.

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album solo ke-15 miliknya yang bertajuk New York.

Album yang berisikan 14 lagu tersebut diproduseri oleh Lou bersama Fred Maher.

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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Romeo Had Juliette” dari Lou Reed:

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Caught between the twisted stars
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The plotted lines the faulty map
D
That brought Columbus to New York
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Betwixt between the East and West
E
He calls on her wearing a leather vest
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The earth squeals and shudders to a halt
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A diamond crucifix in his ear
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Is used to help ward off the fear
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That he has left his soul in someone's rented car
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Inside his pants he hides a mop
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To clean the mess that he has dropped
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Into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell

[Chorus]
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And romeo wanted Juliette
        D
And Juliette wanted Romeo
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And romeo wanted Juliette
        D
And Juliette wanted Romeo

[Verse 2]
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Romeo Rodriguez squares
E
His shoulders and curses Jesus
D
Runs a comb through his black pony-tail
A
He's thinking of his lonely room
E
The sink that by his bed gives off a stink
D
Then smells her perfume in his eyes
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And her voice was like a bell

[Verse 3]
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Outside the street were steaming the crack
E
Dealers were dreaming
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Of an Uzi someone had just scored
A
I betcha I could hit that light
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With my one good arm behind my back
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Says little Joey Diaz
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Brother give me another toke
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Those downtown hoods are no damn good
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Those Italians need a lesson to be taught
A
This cop who died in Harlem
E
You think they'd get the warnin
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I was dancing when his brains run out on the street

[Chorus]
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And romeo wanted Juliette
         D
And Juliette wanted Romeo
           A                                 E
And romeo wanted Juliette
         D
And Juliette wanted Romeo

[Verse 4]
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I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag
         E
With Latin written on it that says
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"it's hard to give a shit these days"
A
Manhattan's sinking like a rock
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Into the filthy Hudson what a shock
D
They wrote a book about it, They said it was like ancient Rome
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The perfume burned his eyes
D
Holding tightly to her thighs
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And something flickered for a minute
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And then it vanished and was gone

[Outro]
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