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Midnight Oil
Intro 12 string:
G Gmaj7 A
g 0
d 0 4 2 0 2 0
a 2 0 4
e 3 5
Riff
g ------------------------0-2---
d 2--2-0-2-5-4-0-2--2-0-2-----0-
Verse1 D/E Em riff:
D/E
In the age when the loudest voices win
Em7 riff
words are now worth less than silence
D/E
In these days of so much suffering
Em7 riff
it's the punch you don't see coming starts the violence
D/E
We could hear the shoreline pounding in the distance
Em7 riff
for a moment we were free
Bridge:
Asus4 A
Then the sons of White Australia came with guns
E D Dmaj7
and pushed us back to sea
Chorus:
E D Dmaj7
We were lost at sea
E D Dmaj7
We were lost at sea
G Asus4 A
wond'rin' whеre the world could be
Instr:
Em riff
Verse2:
D/E
Wеll the power of the sea can move your soul
Em7 riff
eventually it takes control
D/E
We were in the ocean drifting, started listing
Em7 riff
then the boat began to roll
D/E
And the coastline rose in front of us
Em7 riff
each one of us was moved to pray or yell
Bridge:
Asus4 A
Then the sons of White Australia came with guns
E D Dmaj7
and took us to an island hell LOST AT
Chorus:
E D Dmaj7
SEA LOST AT
G Asus4 A
SEA
E D Dmaj7
We were lost at sea (lost at sea)
We were lost at sea (lost at sea)
We were lost at sea (lost at sea)
G Asus4 A
Wond'rin' where the world could be (world could be)
G Asus4 A
Wond'rin' where the world could be (world could be)
Em7 riff
We were lost at sea
Middle perc and bass E:
Are the ghosts of White Australia still among us?
Are the ghosts of White Australia still around us?
Are the ghosts of White Australia in our boardrooms
In our bedrooms, in our chambers and our churches
in the cities and the deserts that surround us?
B A Amaj7
We could breathe out there
B A Amaj7
In the wild salt air
B A Amaj7
And the storms rose high
B A Amaj7
And it raged all night
Chorus:
E D Dmaj7
LOST AT
E D Dmaj7
SEA LOST AT
G Asus4 A
SEA
E D Dmaj7
We were lost at sea (lost at sea)
We were lost at sea (lost at sea)
We were lost at sea (lost at sea)
G Asus4 A
Wond'rin' where the world could be (world could be)
G Asus4 A
Wond'rin' where the world could be (world could be)
G Asus4 A
Wond'rin' where the world could be (world could be)
G Asus4 A
I wonder where the world could be (world could be)
G Asus4 A
Where that world could be
G
When you're lost when you're lost
A
when you're lost when you're lost
G
When you're lost when you're lost
A
when you're lost when you're lost
G A G A Em
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