Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil
by Midnight Oil
INTRO chords:
E(no 3rd) G A
then build up on E(no 3rd)
Drums and Bass Riff:
(written for normal guitar)
e- -------------------------- -------------------------- B- -------------------------- -------------------------- G- -------------------------- -------------------------- D- -------------------------- -------------------------- A- -------------------------- -------------------------- E- --0--0--6--7--0--0--6--7-- --0--0--4--5--0--0--3--2--
VERSE 1:
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees
T[E]he tim[E]e has come
[E] T[D/E]o say [D/E]fair's fair
[D/E] T[A/E]o pay [A/E]the rent
[A/E] T[E]o pay [E]our share
T[E]he tim[E]e has come
[E] A[D/E] fact'[D/E]s a fact
[D/E] I[A/E]t belo[A/E]ngs to them
[A/E] Let's [F#]give it back
CHORUS: (little riff)
Em C G E -----3--3--3--5----3
How can we dance when our earth is turning
[Em]How do we sleep while our [C]beds are burning[D] [B/D#]
Em C G E -----3--3--3--5----3
How can we dance when our earth is turning
[Em]How do we sleep while our [C]beds are burning[D]
END-CHORUS:
The [Em]time has come to [C]say fairs fair
to [G]pay the rent, now to [D]pay our share
LAST VERSE:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
>From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees
CHORUS:
END-CHORUS:
HALF of CHORUS:
then horn solo over end-chorus chords:
END:
E(no 3rd) G A ... E(no 3rd) G A (slide down on notes)
CHORDS:
E(no 3rd): 079900
E : 07999x
D/E : 0777xx
A/E : 077655
F# : 244322
Em : 022000
C : 032010
D : xx0232
G : 320003
A : x02220
B/D# : x6444x
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( / \ ) Craig Lawton o
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