• Song:

    Hercules

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Oil From the Outback

INTRO 
   B           Bsus B	B	     Bsus B	   E         A 
 
E |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7----0---0-0---0- 
B |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7----4b5-4-2-0-2- 
G |8-8-8-8-8---9-9--8---8-8-8-8-8--9-9--8------------2-2- 
D |9-9-9-9-9---9-9--9---9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9--------------2- 
A |9-9-9-9-9---7-7--9---9-9-9-9-9--7-7--9--------------0- 
E |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7--------------0- 
 
   B           Bsus B        B       Bsus B	      E  A 
E |---------------------------------------------------0--0 
B |4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-0-------4-4-4-4-5-4--2-0---------0--2 
G |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2-----4-4-4-4-4-4------2-------1--2 
D |---------------------------------------------------2--2 
A |---------------------------------------------------2--0 
E |---------------------------------------------------0--0
 
1ST VERSE 
 
F# 
My life is a valuable thing 
F#          
I want to keep it that way 
B	  E 
I won't cry 
 
 
F# 
My life's such a valuable thing 
F# 
Some things don't fade away 
B	  E 
I don't mind 
          
 
F#	F#sus 
 
F#	F#sus 
 
 
2ND VERSE 
F#	 
We give the best we can give 
F# 
We won't forget we can't forgive 
B	       E 
Keep us radioactive free 
 
F# 
Strike a bell in Hiroshima park 
F# 
You know that we can't see in the dark 
B		          E 
We try & we try & we try... 
 
CHORUS 
 
A 
Who waits for the planes to come 
A				        E 
When everybody's got you on the run 
      D			Dmajb5 
South Pacific carry on 
 
 
F#	F#sus 
 
F#	F#sus 
 
3RD VERSE 
F#	 
It seems to me that what we're saying 
F# 
Nobody wants to talk about 
B		          E 
This is no time to be wondering why 
 
F# 
I do the best I can do 
F# 
The human jungle and the global zoo 
B		            E 
I'll find my way it's a very special world 
 
CHORUS 
A 
Why wait for the planes to come 
A			             E 
When everybody's got us on the run 
      D 			 
South Pacific carry on 
 
A 
Here comes the Hercules 
A			   E 
Here comes the submarines 
        D		      	Dmajb5 
Sinking South Pacific dreams 
 
Intro to Solo 
 
E |----------------------------- 
B |----------------------------- 
G |----------------------------- 
D |----------------------------- 
A |----444-222-4----444-222-4--- 
E |-22-------------22----------- 
 
Solo (something like this!) over F# 
 
E |---------------------------------------------------------- 
B |---------------------------------------------------------- 
G |---------------------------------------------------------- 
D |---------------------------------------------------------- 
A |---------------------------------------------------------- 
E |-0-4/5-4-2-0-0-4/5-4-2-0-2-0--0-4/5-4-2-0-0-4/5-4-2-0-2-0- 
 
 
E |----------------- 
B |----------------- 
G |----------------- 
D |----4-2---2------		Play this twice 
A |2-5-----5--5-4-2- 
E |----------------- 
 
E |---------------- 
B |3-2------------- 
G |----4-2-1------- 
D |----------4-2--- 
A |---------------- 
E |---------------- 
 
 
B Bsus B Bsus B   	Play Twice 
 
 
A 				   D 
This is something I will remember 
 
A		               D 
This is something I will remember 
 
A		  	       D    ?	 
This is something I will remember 
D	E 
Remember 
D	? 
Remember 
 
CHORUS 
A 
Why wait for the planes to come 
A			             E 
When everybody's got us on the run 
      D 			 
South Pacific carry on 
 
A 
Here comes the Hercules 
A			E 
Here comes the submarines 
        D		      	Dmajb5 
Sinking South Pacific dreams 
 
 
B Bsus B Bsus B    
 
SOLO OVER B  Chord (I haven't worked this out yet.)
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