Midnight Oil

Beds Are Burning(Chords)

Midnight Oil

Key: E

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	        INTRO chords: 
        	E G A 
VERSE 1: 
Out where the river broke 
The bloodwood and the desert oak 
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels 
Steam in forty five degrees 

     E     E 
    The time has come 
E    D/E   D/E 
    To say fair's fair 
D/E  A/E   A/E 
    To pay the rent 
A/E  E     E 
    To pay our share 

     E     E 
    The time has come 
E    D/E   D/E 
    A fact's a fact 
D/E  A/E   A/E 
    It belongs to them 
A/E       F# 
    Let's give it back 

Em C G E How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D B7 How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C G E How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D How do we sleep while our beds are burning
END-CHORUS: Em C The time has come to say fairs fair G D to pay the rent, now to 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 G A ... E G A (slide down on notes)

Written by James Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Peter Gifford, Peter Garrett, Robert Hirst

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