• Song:

    Bullroarer

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Diesel And Dust

INTRO and VERSE chord sequence: 
 
B      C#m D   A    Em     C G   D 
CHORUS: 
A       B  C#m    (with E at the very end) 
LYRICS: 
B 
in the desert in the dry 

before the breaking of the rain 

the temperature in the shade 
                Em            C  G   D 
had reached a hundred and ten again 
B 
in the desert in the dry 

on the overland telegraph line 

don't take the law into your own hands 
          Em                 C G   D 
don't go looking for a fight 
A              A          
nah nah nah nah,  
B                     C#m              E 
  I've heard the bullroarers 
 
{intro chords} 
 
in the desert, in the dry 

some sit so high 

long day's mile and the 
                        Em                  C G   D 
radio crackles and the bones bleached white 
 
it's a knock-em-down storm 

see the tin roof shake 

wild dog howls and the long grass 
                 Em              C G   D 
whistles and the tall trees break 
 
 
A              A          
nah nah nah nah,  
B                    C#m              E 
  I've seen the wild horses 
                    A     
I've heard the bullroarers 
B                    C#m              E 
  I've seen the wild horses 
 
{Intro chords}  x4 
 
etc... 
 
p.s.  I play the B chord throughout the verse, muted with my right hand. 
 
p.p.s. there's a little solo-thing in a couple of the verses... here it is: 
 
e- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |  
B- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |  
G- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |  
D- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |  
A- | --2----4-5---0----2----232---0----2----4-5---0----------------- |  
E- | -----------------2---------------2----------------------------- |  
 
and at the end: 
 
e- | --------------------------- |  
B- | --------------------------- |  
G- | --2-4-2-------------------- |   
D- | --------4-0---0-2-0-------- |   
A- | --------------------4-2---- |  
E- | --------------------------- |  
 
then: 
 
e- | ---------------------------------------------- |  
B- | ---------------------------------------------- |  
G- | ---------------------------------------------- |  
D- | ---------------------------------------------- |  
A- | --4--0-----4-0----2----4-5-4-0----2----232---- |  
E- | --------2-----202-------------202------------- |   etc...
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