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/A/E A/E To pay the rent A/E E To pay our share E E The time has come E D/E D/E A fact's a fact D/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 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 /^^^^^\ o o ( / \ ) Craig Lawton o \ # / o ______ o BHP Research _/ ( \_ \_/ _ _/ ( \_ O \___/ /\/\ \_ _/ ( ( 0 \ / / /\ == \_/ ( ( \___+___/ / / / \ === _ ( ( ( / / / /\ \ ==_/ \_ ( ( \ \/ / / / _/ \_ ( ( \__/ / \ \ / / / \_ ( _/ \/\/\/ ___/ /__/ / \ E-mail : craigl@resmel.bhp.com.au