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Subject: Midnight Oil
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 8:23:16 EET
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King Of The Mountain - Midnight Oil

Intro:

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Verse:

E (022100@1)              A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)      DWalking (xx0232@1)through the high dry grass

D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)    APushing (x02220@1)my way though slow

E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)           DYellow (xx0232@1)belly black snake sleeping on a red rock

  E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)    Awaiting (x02220@1)for the stranger to go

E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)    DSugar (xx0232@1)train stops at the crossing

D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)   ACane (x02220@1)cockies cursing below

A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)   ABad (x02220@1)storm coming. Better run to the top of the mountain

Chorus:

E (022100@1)               A (x02220@1)          F#m (244222@1)   D (xx0232@1)    AMountain (x02220@1)in the shadow of light

E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)              F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1) ARain (x02220@1)         In the valley below  mountain in the shadow of light

E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)   F#m (244222@1)        D (xx0232@1)  ARain (x02220@1)          well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul

E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)          F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1) ADon't (x02220@1)put me up on your bedroom wall

E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)  D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) ACall (x02220@1) me          King of the mountain

Verse:

E (022100@1)              A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)     DBlacksmith (xx0232@1)fires up the bellows

D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)   ACane (x02220@1)cutters burning to load

E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) AWorkers (x02220@1)of the world run to the top of the mountain


Chorus:

Bridge:

C#m (x13321@4)                            EI (022100@1)can't take the hands from my face

F#sus                 F# (244322@1)             F#m (244222@1)    D7There (xx0212@1)are some things we can't replace


Chorus:

Verse:

Over liquid tarmac wastelands of cactus and heat

E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)       D (xx0232@1)  ADown (x02220@1)cobble stone alleyways of washing sheets

A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)                   AF#m       D (xx0232@1)      AUp (x02220@1)ghost prairie mountains of sunset and space

E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1)         D (xx0232@1)  ADown (x02220@1)the road a familliar face

E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)      D (xx0232@1)        AAcross (x02220@1)the wilderness  Out further than the bush

E (022100@1)            AI (x02220@1)will follow you

F#m (244222@1)    DA     E (022100@1)  AI (x02220@1)will follow you

F#m (244222@1)    DA     E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)   D (xx0232@1)AI (x02220@1)will follow you


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