• Song:

    The Dead Heart

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Oil From the Outback

Do intro riff twice (second time with vocals)
  [ These two bars three timer                          ]  
e- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | --2----------------------------
B- | --------2-----3-----2----- | -------------------------- | --3----------------------------
G- | --4----------------------- | --4-----2--2-------------- | --4----------------------------
D- | -----4-----4-----4-----4-- | -----4-------------------- | --4----------------------------
A- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | --2----------------------------
E- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | -------------------------------

THEN CHORD STRUMMING over vocals is:
(each vert line is one beat)

B5   E5   A5       B5   E5   A5       B5   E5   A5       B5 (no 3rd)
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Do Do Do Do Do Do Do

VERSE 1: (over bass and drums)

We don't serve your country

Don't serve your king

Know your custom don't speak your tongue

White man came took everyone

(With intro riff over top)

Do do do do do do do

VERSE 2:

We don't server your country

Don't serve your king

White man listen to the songs we sing

White man came took everything

(With intro riff)

Do do do do do do do

CHORUS:
   B5           A5          G5
We carry in our hearts the true country
    F#5            D5      A5
And that cannot be sto  - len
   B5            A5            G5
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
    F#5    A5       D5      A5
And that cannot be bro  - ken

(With intro riff)

Do do do do do do do

Repeat earlier verse then:

VERSE 3:

We don't need protection

Don't need your land

Keep your promise on where we stand

We will listen we'll understand

CHORUS (TWICE) - Finish second chorus on B(no 3rd)

With intro riff(over top)

Mining companies, pastoral companies

Uranium companies

Collected companies

Got more right than people

Got more say than people

THEN CHORD STRUMMING over vocals is:

(each vert line is one beat)
B5   E5   A5       B5   E5   A5       B5   E5   A5       B5 (no 3rd)
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