Midnight Oil

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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