Read About It Tab by Midnight Oil #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Read About It by Midnight Oil from the album "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1" INTRO: (7 beats/bar) B C#m E C#m A C#m timed something like this: e-|--------------------------------------------------------| B-|-4---5-5---5-9-9-5---5---5---4---5-5---5-9-9-5---5---5--| G-|-4---6-6---6-9-9-6---6---6---4---6-6---6-9-9-6---6---6--| D-|-4---6-6---6-9-9-6---7---6---4---6-6---6-9-9-6---7---6--| A-|-2---4-4---4-7-7-4---7---4---2---4-4---4-7-7-4---7---4--| E-|---------------------5---------------------------5------| (It's pretty hard to play this way, so I suggest ignoring the notes on the B-string) VERSE: (8 beats/bar) B E B E B E G#m B E B E B E C#m A CHORUS: (6 beats/bar) e-|-------------------------------------------------5-------------| B-|-------------------------------------------------7-------------| G-|-------------------------------------------------7-------------| D-|-------------2-2-----6---------------2-2-----6---7-------------| A-|-2---4-4---4-----4-------2---4-4---4-----4-------5-------------| E-|-------------------------------------------------5-------------| BRIDGE: (8 beats/bar) A# D# A# D# A# D# Gm A# D# A# D# A# D# Cm G# LYRICS: INTRO B E B E the rich get richer, the poor get the picture B E G#m the bombs never hit you when you're down so low B E B E some got pollution, some revolution B E C#m A there must be some solution but I just don't know B E B E the bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions B E G#m there won't be no collisions when they move so slow B E B E nothing ever happens, nothing really matters B E C#m A no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know you wouldn't read about it, read about it D just another incredible scene, there's no doubt about it B E B E hammer and sickle, the news is at a trickle B E G#m the commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows B E B E bombers keep coming, engines softly humming B E C#m A the stars and stripes are running for their own big show B E B E another little flare up, storm brewed in a teacup B E G#m imagine any mixup and the lot would go nothing ever happens, nothing really matters B E C#m A no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know you wouldn't read about it, read about it D one unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it you wouldn't read about it, read about it D just another particular deal, ain't no doubt about it INTRO BRIDGE B E B E the rich get richer, the poor get the picture B E G#m the bombs never hit you when you're down so low B E B E some got pollution, some de-evolution B E C#m A there must be some solution but I just don't know B E B E ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh etc... INTRO End. Jonathan Hart Oils@total.net