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Midnight Oil
Riff1 A BG A CG x4:
Verse1 A A BG A CG:
Standing in the house of the founding fathers
It's a house that's not been well looked after
Now there's a fatal flaw in the mighty rafters
There's a rule of law - written by the cotton masters
Riff2 A DA C#G# BF# A DA G#C# F#B:
Verse2 A A BG A CG:
I took my place - at the Murray Darling chamber
I saw no friendly face - I was a stranger
There was a secret plan - a plan to hasten slowly
There was a show of hands - and I was on my only
Riff2 A DA C#G# BF# A DA G#C# F#B:
No other place on Earth
No other place on Earth
AA E E E E
AA E E E E
A D A D
What you see is an act of terror,
A D E
the bush surrenders to the ball and chain
Bm E Bm E
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone
A D A D
High as the banks of the Darling River
A D E
dry as the bed of the inland sea
Bm E Bm E
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone
A D A D
Hard as the rocks of the endless gibber
A D E
Deep as the roots of the mallee tree
Bm E Bm E
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone
A D A D
All that's left is a tiny glimmer
A D E
of the days when the river was running free
Bm E Bm G
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone
e-d-c-b-a-g Am C G x3
G C G G
C D
G C G G
C D D
G Gsus G
Who left the bag of idiots open?
G Gsus G
Who drank the bottle of bad ideas?
C D
Who drew the last drop from the bottom?
C G Gsus G
Good people Good people are forgotten
G Gsus G
Let's shake some truth out of the jar
G Gsus G
Let's kick the crooks out of the kitchen
C D
We'll tell some stories at the bar
C G Gsus G bb ee gg
Good people Good people are forgotten
Am D
Sister Mary plays her mystery train
G D
In a town at the end of a railway line
Am D
Sister Mary plays her mystery train
G D
In a town at the end of a railway line
G Gsus G
So shake some truth out of the jar
G Gsus G
It's a battle of blurry edges
C D
There's a famine of compassion
C G D
Good people Good people are forgotten
C G D
Good people Good people are forgotten
C G
Good people Good people are forgotten
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good people are forgotten
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good peop-le
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good people are forgotten
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good peop-le
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good people are forgotten
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good peop-le
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am C C G
Good people are forgotten
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