• Song:

    Read About It

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    1984-04-10: Park West, ...

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The rich get richer, the poor get the picture
    B5          E5                     G#5
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low


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Some got pollution, some revolution
      B5             E5              C#5             A5
There must be some solution but I just don't know


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The bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions
       B5          E5                     G#5
There won't be no collisions when they move so slow


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Nothing ever happens, nothing really matters
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No one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know


            A5
   You wouldn't read about it, read about it
   D5
   Just another incredible scene, there's no doubt about it


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Hammer and sickle, the news is at a trickle
    B5          E5                 G#5
The commissars are fickle but the stockpile grows


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Bombers keep coming, engines softly humming
     B5                 E5                    C#5           A5
The stars and stripes are running for their own big show


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Another little flare up, storm brewed in a teacup
B5          E5              G#5
Imagine any mix-up and the lot would go


           G#5
Nothing ever happens, nothing really matters
B5          E5                 C#5                   A5
No one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know


               A5
  You wouldn't read about it, read about it
   D5
  One unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it
                  D5
  You wouldn't read about it, read about it
   D5
  Just another particular deal, ain't no doubt about it

 *  * Intro

Bridge:
    B5        E5           B5           E5
The rich get richer, the poor get the picture
    B5          E5                     G#5
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low
   B5        E5        B5      E5
Some got pollution, some de-evolution
      B5             E5              C#5             A5
There must be some solution but I just don't know
B5      E5    B5     E5  
  Ahh-ahhh,   ahh-ahhh

 *  * Intro
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