• Song:

    Beds Are Burning

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Oil From the Outback

INTRO chords:
              E(no 3rd) G A
then build up on E(no 3rd)

Drums and Bass Riff:
(written for normal guitar)
e- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | 
B- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | 
G- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | 
D- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | 
A- | -------------------------- | -------------------------- | 
E- | --0--0--6--7--0--0--6--7-- | --0--0--4--5--0--0--3--2-- | 

VERSE 1:
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

     E5     E5
    The time has come
E5    D5   D5
    To say fair's fair
D5  A5   A5
    To pay the rent
A5  E5     E5
    To pay our share


     E5     E5
    The time has come
E5    D5   D5
    A fact's a fact
D5  A5   A5
    It belongs to them
A5       F#5
    Let's give it back

CHORUS:                                               (little riff)
E5                        C5                G5          E -----3--3--3--5----3
How can we dance when our earth is turning
E5                        C5                D5          B5
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
E5                        C5                G5          E -----3--3--3--5----3
How can we dance when our earth is turning
E5                        C5                D5
How do we sleep while our beds are burning

END-CHORUS:
    E5               C5
The time has come to say fairs fair
   G5                    D5
to pay the rent, now to pay our share

LAST VERSE:
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

CHORUS:
END-CHORUS:
HALF of CHORUS:
then horn solo over end-chorus chords:

END:
E5 (no 3rd)  G5 A5   ../             E5 (no 3rd)  G5 A5  (slide down on notes)

CHORDS:
E(no 3rd): 079900      E        : 07999x
D/E      : 0777xx      A/E      : 077655
F#       : 244322      Em       : 022000
C        : 032010      D        : xx0232
G        : 320003      A        : x02220
B/D#     : x6444x
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