King Of The Mountain - Midnight Oil

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[Intro]

           
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[Verse 1]
             
Walking throug

             
h the high dry

     
 grass
            
Pushing my way

               
 though slow
            
Yellow belly b

             
lack snake sle

           
eping on a red

 rock
             
waiting for th

             
e stranger to 

      
go
            
Sugar train st

             
ops at the cro

       
ssing
            
Cane cockies c

              
ursing below
            
Bad storm comi

             
ng. Better run

             
 to the top of

                      
 the mountain

[Chorus]
             
Mountain in th

            
e shadow of li

#     
ght
         
Rain          

            
In the valley 

             
below  mountai

             
n in the shado

              
w of light
         
Rain          

             
   well you ca

            
n Say you're P

           
eter say you'r

        
e Paul
             
  Don't put me

           
 up on your be

         
droom wall
           
Call  me      

#          
    King of th

                           
e mountain

[Verse 2]
            
Blacksmith fir

             
es up the bell

    
ows
            
Cane cutters b

               
urning to load
             
Workers of the

            
 world run to 

             
the top of the

                
 mountain

[Chorus]
             
Mountain in th

           
e shadow of li

       
ght
        
Rain        In

             
 the valley be

             
low  mountain 

             
in the shadow 

          
of light
         
Rain          

             
 well you can 

            
Say you're Pet

           
er say you're 

    
Paul
            
Don't put me u

            
p on your bedr

          
oom wall
            
Call  me      

         
    King of th

                           
e mountain

[Pre-Bridge guitar]
                      

[Bridge]
           
I can't take t

              
he hands from 

    
my face
         
There are some

            
 things we can

           
't replace    

 
 Yeah

[Chorus]
             
Mountain in th

           
e shadow of li

      
ght
         
Rain         I

             
n the valley b

            
elow  mountain

             
 in the shadow

           
 of light
         
Rain          

            
 well you can 

            
Say you're Pet

           
er say you're 

      
Paul
            
Don't put me u

            
p on your bedr

         
oom wall
           
Call  me      

#          
    King of th

               
e mountain
            
Well you can S

             
ay you're Pete

           
r say you're P

    
aul
            
Don't put me u

           
p on your bedr

       
oom wall
           
Call  me      

#           
      King of 

                             
the mountain

[Verse 3]
             
Over liquid ta

             
rmac wasteland

           
s of cactus an

       
d heat
             
Down cobblesto

             
ne alleyways o

           
f washing day 

       
sheets
             
Up ghost prair

             
ie mountains o

           
f sunset and s

       
pace
            
Down the road 

           
at a familiar 

     
place
            
Across the wil

         
derness     Ou

            
t further than

      
 the bush
            
I will follow 

       
you
            
I will follow 

       
you
            
I will follow 

  
you

[Outro]

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