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Reef

Midnight Oil

Intro:
Am Am   G   D/F# D/F#   Em
Am Am   G  D/F# D/F#  Em
Am Am   G   D/F# D/F#   Em
Am Am   G  D/F# D/F#  Em

(listen to it,slightly diff feel)

Riff1 details below:
Em C G   Em C G D/F#  Em C G
Em C G   Em C G D/F#  Em C G

Riff2 details below:
Am C G  Am C G  Am C G

Verse1:
Em C G
       We've got the green light
Em C G             D/F#
       We're gonna dynamite
Em C G
       A world heritage site
Em C G 

Em C G
     Scientific recourse
Em C G              D/F#
     Try to keep it so short
Em C G
     Hey, never read the details

Am C G
     Said it needs protection
Am C G
     But we've got elections
Am C G
     Coal-fired erections
Em C G

Em C G
     We're gonna make it pay
Em C G           D/F#
     We'll do it our way
Em C G
     So how about a railway?
Em C G

Chorus:
    Bm
The sky is a mirror
    Em
The sea and the breeze
    A
The sky is a mirror
   Am
Of self-interest and greed

Instr:
Em C G   Em C G D/F#  Em C G 

Verse2:
Em C G
     It really fits with our brand
Em C G               D/F#
     Lumps of coal in our hand
Em C G
     Welcome to Tomorrowland
Em C G

Em C G
     Environmental injury
Em C G            D/F#
     Trashing our ecology
Em C G
     So simply valedictory

Am C G
     Coral reefs are history
Am C G
     Bring on the artillery
Am C G 

Chorus:
   Bm
It doesn't belong to the government
   Em
It doesn't belong to the mine
   A
It belongs to the people
Am
People like you and I

Instr:
Am Am   G   D/F# D/F#   Em
Am Am   G  D/F# D/F#  Em
Am Am   G   D/F# D/F#   Em
Am Am   G  D/F# D/F#  Em

Lead over
Am Am   G   D/F# D/F#   Em
Am Am   G  D/F# D/F#  Em
Am Am   G   D/F# D/F#   Em
Am Am   G  D/F# D/F#  Em     x 2

Middle:
Fmaj7#11  Em 
    Cmaj7
The sky is a mirror 
        Dsus4
of self-interest and greed

Verse3:
Em C G

Em C G                  D/F#
     Take them down and throw them out
Em C G
     Vote them in and vote them out
Am C G
     Consign them to purgatory
Am C G
     Cash on delivery
Am C G
     All coral reefs are history
Am C G


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Riff notes
For one guitar:

  Em    C    G 
e -3-2--0----x-
b -0----1-3--0-
g -0----0----0-
d -2----2----0-
a -2----3----2-
e -0----x----3-

  Em    C    G    D/F#
e -3-2--0----x----x---
b -0----1-3--0-3--3---
g -0----0----0----2-0-
d -2----2----0----0---
a -2----3----2----x---
e -0----x----3----2---

   Am   C    G
e -x----x----3
b -1----0-1--0
g -2-0--0-0--0
d -2----2----0
a -0----3----2
e -x----x----3


For two guitars,ala Oils in Woollongong:

Jim and Liz acoustic chords:
Em C G   
Em C G D/F#  
Em C G

Am C G  Am C G  Am C G 


Martin playing the melody:
  Em    C    G 
e -3-2--0------
b --------3--0-

  Em    C    G    D/F#
e -3-2--0-------------
b --------3--0-3--2---
g ------------------0-

   Am   C    G
e ------------
b ------------
g -2-0--4-0--0

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