• Song:

    Bullroarer

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Diesel And Dust

INTRO and VERSE chord sequence: 
 
B5      C#5 D5   A5    E5     C5 G5   D5 
CHORUS: 
A5       B5  C#5    (with E5 at the very end) 
LYRICS: 
B5 
in the desert in the dry 

before the breaking of the rain 

the temperature in the shade 
                E5            C5  G5   D5 
had reached a hundred and ten again 
B5 
in the desert in the dry 

on the overland telegraph line 

don't take the law into your own hands 
          E5                 C5 G5   D5 
don't go looking for a fight 
A5              A5          
nah nah nah nah,  
B5                     C#5              E5 
  I've heard the bullroarers 
 
{intro chords} 
 
in the desert, in the dry 

some sit so high 

long day's mile and the 
                        E5                  C5 G5   D5 
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 
                 E5              C5 G5   D5 
whistles and the tall trees break 
 
 
A5              A5          
nah nah nah nah,  
B5                    C#5              E5 
  I've seen the wild horses 
                    A5     
I've heard the bullroarers 
B5                    C#5              E5 
  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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