• Song:

    King Of The Mountain

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Oil From the Outback

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

Hirst/Moginie
Album : Blue Sky Mining
Bass : Bones Hillman

INTRO:
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E |---------------------------------|-----------------14\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|

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D |---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------------------|

G |-----------------|
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A |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E |-----------------|

VERSE:
Walking through the high dry grass
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E |-0---0-0-------0---0-0-0---------|-0---0-0-------------------------|

BRIDGE:
Mountain in the shadow of light
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CHORUS:
You can say you're Peter
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Call me
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PRE-VERSE 2:
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VERSE 2:
Blacksmith fires up the bellows
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G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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A |---------0-0-0-----------5-5-4-4-|---------0-0-0-5---5-5-0---0-0-2-|
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BRIDGE 2:
Mountain in the shadow of light
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G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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A |-----------------------5---4---0-|-----------------------5---4-----|
E |-0---0-0-5-5-5-2---2-2-----------|-0---0-0-5-5-5-2---2-2-----------|

CHORUS:
You can say you're Peter
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A |*-----------------------5---4-----*|-----------------------5---4---0-|
E |-----------------------------------|-0---0-0-5-5-5-2---2-2-----------|

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MIDDLE:
I can't take the hands off my face
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E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------------------------|

G |-----------------|
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A |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
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Mountain in the shadow of light
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E |--0---0-0-5-5-5-2---2-2------------|...|-0---0-0-5-5-5-2---2-2-----------|

END CHORUS:
You can say you're Peter
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A |-----------------------5---4-----|-----------------------5---4---0-|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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Over liquid tarmac wastelands
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G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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.................................Out further than the bush
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OUTRO:
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G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---|
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A |-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-|
E |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|---------------------------------|---|

Transcribed by Brian Camp
E-mail: cambrian@vianet.net.au
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