Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning guitar tab
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From: Craig Lawton
BEDS ARE BURNING
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
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: (little riff)
Em C G E -----3--3--3--5----3
How can we dance when our earth is turning
Em C D B/D#
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
Em C G E -----3--3--3--5----3
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(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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