Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil

Beds Are Burning

Midnight Oil

JazzCat

4992
0:00 4:10
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: E
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| E G A - | - - - - | - - E - | - - - - |
| - -

[Verse 1]
E
 Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in fortyfive degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
    E
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
                          F#
It belongs to them, let's give it back
E G A

[Chorus]
Em                        C
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
G Em                        C
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
D
B7/D# Em                        C
      How can we dance when our earth is turning?
G Em                        C
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[Post-Chorus]
D    Em               C
 The time has come to say fair's fair
   G                    D
To pay the rent now, to pay our share

[Bridge]
            | Em7 |
| - | - | - |

[Verse 2]
E
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In fortyfive degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
    E
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
E G A

[Chorus]
E                         C
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
G Em                        C
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
D
B7/D# Em                        C
      How can we dance when our earth is turning?
G Em                        C
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[Post-Chorus]
D    Em               C
 The time has come to say fair's fair
   G                    D
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
    Em               C
The time has come, a fact's a fact
     G
It belongs to them,
            D
we're gonna give it back

[Chorus]
E                         C
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
G Em                        C                D
  How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[Solo Brass]
          Em | - C | - G |
| - D | - Em | - C | - G |
| - D | - -  | -

[Outro]
                          E G | A - - - |
| - - E G | A - - - |

Bars

[Intro]
| E G A - | - - - - | - - E - | - - - - |
| - -

[Verse 1]
    E | - - | - - | - - |
| - - | - - | - - | - - |
| -

Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in fortyfive degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
      E - | - - - - | - - -  - | - - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | - - -  - | - - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | - - -  - | - - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | - - F# - | - - - - |
| - - E G | A - - - |

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

[Chorus]
                | Em - | C - |
| G - | - -     | Em - | C - |
| D - | - B7/D# | Em - | C - |
| G - | - -     | Em - | C - |

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[Post-Chorus]
| D | - | Em | C |
| G | D | -  |

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share

[Bridge]
            | Em7 |
| - | - | - |

[Verse 2]
            | E |
| - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - |

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In fortyfive degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
                              | E - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
| - - - - | - - - - | E G A - | - - - - |
| - -

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

[Chorus]
        E  | - C | - G | - - |
| -     Em | - C | - D | - - |
| B7/D# Em | - C | - G | - - |
| -     Em | - C | -

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[Post-Chorus]
                 D | - - |
| - Em | - C | - G | - D |
| - Em | - C | - G | - D |
| - -  | -

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them,
we're gonna give it back

[Chorus]
                E  - | - - C - | - - - G |
| - - - - | - - Em - | - - C - | - - D - |
| - - - - | - -

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

[Solo Brass]
          Em | - C | - G |
| - D | - Em | - C | - G |
| - D | - -  | -

[Outro]
                          E G | A - - - |
| - - E G | A - - - |

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