At The Time of Writing chords by Midnight Oil

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
There's nothing  (E minor) much hanging from
C 
the tree in the Garden of  (C major) Eden
Em 
It takes a long  (E minor) long time for the fruit
B 
Bm 
G 
to ripen on the vine  (B major)  (B minor)  (G major) 
Em 
We  (E minor) better get together or we'll end
A 
up on the roof with a shotgun  (A major) 
G 
B 
Because a chance,  (G major) we only  (B major) got one

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Verse 2

It's never very smart to try and strip

the bark from an old tree

We've been digging up the dirt since

the rocks of the earth were still warm

Now old king coal is dying,

he was never gonna last the long run

You know a chance, we only got one

Verse 3
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
G 
we were in our head (G major) s
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
A 
we were good as dead  (A major) 
Em 
At the time of writing  (E minor) 
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
G 
we were fast asleep (G major) 
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
A 
we were in too deep (A major) 
Em 
At the time of writ (E minor) ing
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) Wait a little while,
C 
your eyes will realign into the  (C major) darkness
Em 
There's an  (E minor) ice-melt below below us,
B 
Bm 
bamboo curtains above  (B major)  (B minor) 
D 
Em 
Our  (D major) ocean  (E minor) moat protects us,
A 
Am 
our  (A major) friends will surely come  (A minor) 
G 
B 
You know a chance,  (G major) we only  (B major) got one

Verse 5
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
G 
we were in our head (G major) s
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
Am 
we were good as dead  (A minor) 
A 
Em 
At the time  (A major) of writing  (E minor) 
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
G 
we were fast asleep (G major) 
C 
A 
At the time of writ (C major) ing, we were in too deep  (A major) 
Em 
At the time of writ (E minor) ing
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) They make no apologies for this,
make no apologies for anything
B 
They make no apologies for this,  (B major) 
Em 
D 
make no apo (E minor) logies for everything  (D major) 
G 
C 
D 
 (G major) We are not responsible  (C major) for this,  (D major) 
Em 
we're not responsible for everything  (E minor) 
G 
D 
 (G major) We are not responsible for this,  (D major) 
C 
we're not responsible for  (C major) everything

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
At the time of writing,
G 
we were in our head (G major) s
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
Am 
we were good as dead  (A minor) 
Em 
G 
At the time of writ (E minor) ing  (G major) 
Em 
C 
At the time  (E minor) of writ (C major) ing,
G 
we were fast asleep (G major) 
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
Am 
we were in too deep (A minor) 
A 
Em 
At the time  (A major) of writ (E minor) ing
C 
G 
At the time of writ (C major) ing, we were on the brink  (G major) 
C 
At the time of writ (C major) ing,
Am 
A 
still had time  (A minor)  (A major) to think
Em 
At the time, at the time,  (E minor) 
at the time, (time of writing)
At the time, at the time, at the time
Right now