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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

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
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
CHORUS:
Em
How can we dance when
Em
How do we sleep while
Em
How can we dance when
Em
How do we sleep while

our
our
our
our

C
earth is
C
beds are
C
earth is
C
beds are

(little riff)
E|-----3--3--3--5----3

B/D#

E|-----3--3--3--5----3

turning
burning
turning
D
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 (no 3rd) G A
CHORDS:
E (no 3rd):
D/E
:
F#
:
C
:
G
:
B/D#
:

079900
0777xx
244322
032010
320003
x6444x

...

E (no 3rd) G A (slide down on notes)


E
A/E
Em
D
A

:
:
:
:
:

07999x
077655
022000
xx0232
x02220

----------------- Acordes ----------------G = 3 2 0 0 0 3


F# = 2 4 4 3 2 2
Em = 0 2 2 0 0 0
E = 0 2 2 1 0 0
D/E = X X 2 2 3 2
D = X X 0 2 3 2
C = X 3 2 0 1 0
B/D# = X 6 X 4 7 7
A/E = 0 X 2 2 2 0
A = X 0 2 2 2 0

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