Midnight Oil

Bullroarer(Chords)

Midnight Oil

Key: B

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	        INTRO and VERSE chord sequence: 
 
B      C#m D   A    Em     C G   D 
 
CHORUS: 
 
A       B  C#m    (with E at the very end) 
 
 
LYRICS: 
 
B 
in the desert in the dry 
before the breaking of the rain 
the temperature in the shade 
 
                Em            C  G   D 
had reached a hundred and ten again 
 
B 
in the desert in the dry 
on the overland telegraph line 
don't take the law into your own hands 
 
          Em                 C G   D 
don't go looking for a fight 
 
A              A          
nah nah nah nah,  
 
B                     C#m              E 
  I've heard the bullroarers 
 
{intro chords} 
 
 
in the desert, in the dry 
some sit so high 
long day's mile and the 
                        Em                  C G   D 
radio crackles and the bones bleached white 
 
        
it's a knock-em-down storm 
see the tin roof shake 
wild dog howls and the long grass 
                 Em              C G   D 
whistles and the tall trees break 
 
 
A              A          
nah nah nah nah,  
 
B                    C#m              E 
  I've seen the wild horses 
 
                    A     
I've heard the bullroarers 
 
B                    C#m              E 
  I've seen the wild horses 
 
{Intro chords}  x4 
 
etc... 
 
p.s.  I play the B chord throughout the verse, muted with my right hand. 
 
p.p.s. there's a little solo-thing in a couple of the verses... here it is: 
 
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A-|--2----4-5---0----2----232---0----2----4-5---0-----------------| 
E-|-----------------2---------------2-----------------------------| 
 
and at the end: 
 
e-|---------------------------| 
B-|---------------------------| 
G-|--2-4-2--------------------|  
D-|--------4-0---0-2-0--------|  
A-|--------------------4-2----| 
E-|---------------------------| 
 
then: 
 
e-|----------------------------------------------| 
B-|----------------------------------------------| 
G-|----------------------------------------------| 
D-|----------------------------------------------| 
A-|--4--0-----4-0----2----4-5-4-0----2----232----| 
E-|--------2-----202-------------202-------------|  etc...

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