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Midnight Oil
Intro:
Storms
Bm A E/G# D
e x x x x
b x 2 x 3
g 4 2 1 2
d 4 2 2 4
a 5 4 2 5
e 7 5 4 x
Bm A E/G#
Bm A E/G#
Bm D A E/G# E/G#
Bm A E/G#
Bm A E/G# E/G#
Riff low string:
e 0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-
e 2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-
Verse1:
F#
Barry said his last goodbye
Bb
To all the doomsday warriors
C
And set off for the bay
C
He could sniff the salt and scented sea
G
He kicked the backside of the teeve
F
The sky was in a darkening frame
Riff:
e 0--2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2---
e 2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2--
Verse2:
F#
The crowds trampling on the midden shells
Bb
Buried underneath the carpark
C
Where people danced and sang
C
He'd been pedaling hard for most his life
G
Now he could hardly reason why
F
Quick buck flats in his line of sight
Bridge:
Am G F
They were grey daisies in the night
Am G F
The stars snuffed out of sight he called out
Chorus:
G F C/G
Can you really hear what you're saying?
G F C/G
Who are the strange gods to whom you keep praying?
Am Em D
Where is the soul, the substance and the whole
Am Em F
When you're living on the last frontier every day?
Riff:
e 0--2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2---
e 2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2--
Verse3:
F#
Escape at one when the clock ran down
Bb
On the Google centred town
C
Where the industry of schadenfreude
C
Had filled the harbour with war-arm beer
G
Well, they were grazing in the back stalls
F
Their faces filled with false tears, and he says,
Bridge:
Am G F
I'm getting out of here
Am G F
off to that last frontier
He's calling out now
Chorus:
G F C/G
Who pays off the debts we're creating?
G F C/G
Who fixes the messes that we keep making?
Am Em D
Where is the soul, the substance and the whole
Am Em F
When you're living on the last frontier every day?
Lead:
F# Bb
C C
G F
He says
Chorus:
G F C/G
Can you really hear what you're saying?
G F C/G
Who are the strange gods to whom you keep praying?
Am Em D
Where is the soul, the substance and the whole
Am Em F
When you're living on the last frontier every day?
Chorus:
G F C/G
Who pays off the debts we're creating?
G F C/G
Who fixes the messes that we keep making?
Am Em D
Where is the soul, the substance and the whole
Am Em F
When you're living on the last frontier every day?
Chorus:
G F C/G
Now can you really hear what you're saying?
G F C/G
Who mends all those hearts that keep breaking?
Am Em D
Where is the soul, the substance and the whole
Am Em
When you're living on the last frontier
Am Em
Desire tangled up with fear
Am Em
The talking point's no longer clear
Bm
anyway
D
anyway
Am C Am C Am C
anyway Na-na
D
na-na-na-na
Am C Am C Am C
anyway
Big G
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