Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil


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BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil

Note: It's hard to play along with the original song, because Midnight Oil's 
tuning is not exactly usual standard tuning. 
Most of the song there's no guitar playing, but you can play along with these 
chords as well. I would prefer power chords then. 

[chords]
  
        
[Bass Riff]
(play over who
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--0--0--6--7

le Verses and 
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--0--0--6--7--

Pre-Chorus)
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|--0--0--4--5-

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-0--0--3--2--|

[Verse 1]
(Drums & Bass)
(on E)
Out where the river broke
The blood wood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
(Drums, Bass, Keys)
             
The time has c

        
ome, to say fa

ir's fair
             
To pay the ren

      
t, to pay our 

share
             
The time has c

       
ome, a fact's 

a fact
             
It belongs to 

            
them, let's gi

 (                   
ve it back

[Chorus]
            
How can we dan

             
ce when our ea

                        
rth is turning
            
How do we slee

             
p while our be

               (       
ds are burning
            
How can we dan

             
ce when our ea

                       
rth is turning
            
How do we slee

             
p while our be

              
ds are burning

Ending:
            
The time has c

              
ome to say fai

                           
r's fair, 
             
to pay the ren

          
t now, to pay 

our share

[Bridge]
Little horn solo over Bass Riff [x2]

[Verse 2]
(Drums & Bass)
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
(with little drum solo at the end)
             
The time has c

        
ome, to say fa

ir's fair
             
To pay the ren

      
t, to pay our 

share
             
The time has c

       
ome, a fact's 

a fact
             
It belongs to 

            
them, let's gi

 (                   
ve it back

[Chorus]
            
How can we dan

             
ce when our ea

                        
rth is turning
            
How do we slee

             
p while our be

               (       
ds are burning
            
How can we dan

             
ce when our ea

                       
rth is turning
            
How do we slee

             
p while our be

              
ds are burning

[Ending]
            
The time has c

             
ome to say fai

                 
r's fair, 
             
to pay the ren

          
t now, to pay 

our share
            
The time has c

             
ome, a fact's 

         
a fact, 
             
it belongs to 

              
them, we're go

    
nna give it ba

ck
 
            
How can we dan

             
ce when our ea

                       
rth is turning
            
How do we slee

             
p while our be

              
ds are burning

[Horn Solo]
 /  /  / 
 /  /  / 

     (little break)              (slide down)

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