• Song:

    Lucky Country

  • Artist:

    Midnight Oil

  • Album:

    Oil From the Outback

Lucky Country

tabbed my matt and steve

This is an awesome oils song from the "place without a postcard" album.
This is the only version that can be found in the net. I know coz i looked
everywhere for it before deciding to tab it. Its an awesome song to play.

(Tabbed for 1 guitar)

Chords:
Fm9: 	112213
B/A:	x03331
G/B:	010003
Em/C#:	042000

Intro:
 A  B/A  A  B/A  A  B/A  A  B

Verse:
 Em  G   Bm   D       Em  G   Bm   D
 Speed,       and and this
	   Em	      G	     Bm	    D		Em  G   Bm   D
 There's a feeling I get when I look to the sun
    Em  G   Bm   D 	      Em  G   Bm   D
 Love,             it's so tough
 	    Em          G        Bm          D
 Cause it raises your hopes and then it makes you run

Chorus:
Em                       Bm         Em/C#
We're all looking for a shorter day
 Em                            Bm        Em/C#
We're all looking for an easy way
F		   G		      D
    Even when the debts are dead and gone

Then:
  Em  G   Bm   D	Em  G   Bm   D

Verse 2
Dm   F   Am  C 		   Dm  F   Am  C
Down,           Down the stairs
	Dm  	   F     Am        C 		 Dm  F   Am  C
And an eight mile drive waits for you to turn on
Dm  F   Am  C 		       Dm  F   Am  C
Hear,        the time clocks sing
        Dm  	     F     Am       C 		   Dm  F   Am  C
And the smoke in the distance reaches the eye line

Chorus

(Chords over solo)
Dm  F   Am   C 	Dm  F   Am   C
Dm  F   Am   C  Dm  F   Am   C

then:

Em  G   Bm   D	Em  G   Bm   D
Em  G   Bm   D	Em  G   Bm   D
F				 G
Even when the debts are dead and gone
G                                D
Even when the debts are dead and gone
 A   B           A   Em

Riff 1
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|----2-------2-------|
A|--------------------|
E|-0----0--1----1--3--|

*Play Riff 1. Four times before Talking starts

*Play Riff 1. Eight times during Talking

No conversation as you go
There's so much space the heat moves you
Terracotta homes, backyard barbeque and eucalyptus smell
It's fine on the clothes line
It's fast food and slow life and red roof
My silence, comic interruptions
Surely there's some relief from atomic art

*These Chords are played (on a an acoustic in the album wersion)
throughout Petes Rant:

Am  Fm9		C   G/B
Dm  Fm9		Dm  G/B

And the fragile state of world events
With clowns who love the kings and power and the mutant media babes
Wanking on dreams and fashions and toilet paper flowers
Don't talk to me in this backyard - it's clandestine, it's nuclear
Smell of space and now forever I wanna go
Straight down the exit eight mile attraction
U-turn is up and the time clock sings lets go

    Dm  F   Am   C       Dm  F   Am   C
Lucky!!     	    Country!!
	      Dm      F        Am   C	       Dm  F   Am   C
Where the geckos are paid to live in the sun
            Dm  F   Am   C      Dm  F   Am   C
(ah on) Lucky!!(on, and on)Country!!
            Dm        F     Am      C        Dm  F   Am   C
There's a ribbon of road and a mile to spare

End:
Dm  F   Am   C 		Dm  F   Am   C
Luc-ky  Coun-try	Luc-ky  Coun-try

Dm  F   Am   C 		Dm  F   Am   C
Luc-ky  Coun-try	Luc-ky  Coun-try

Dm  F   Am   C 		Dm  F   Am   C
			Luc-ky  Coun-try

Dm  F   Am   C 		Dm  F   Am   C
			Luc-ky  Coun-try

Dm  F   Am   C 		Dm  F   Am   C
Luc-ky  Coun-try	Luc-ky  Coun-try
(repeat to fade)

well thats pretty much it. Steve helped me out on this tab but if u
have and questions,comments or additions to the tab or abuse to hurl,
please mail me at oilsboy1984@hotmail.com
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