Beds Are Burning chords by Midnight Oil (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(E major) (G major) (A major)
(E7) (E7)
Verse 1
(E7) Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
(E7) Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam at forty-five degrees
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Pre-chorus 1
The (E major) time has come to (E7sus4) say "Fair's fair"
To (A/E) pay the rent, to (E major) pay our share
The (E major) time has come, a (E7sus4) fact's a fact
It be (A/E) longs to them, let's (F sharp major) give it back
(E major) (G major) (A major)
Chorus 1
(E minor) How can we dance
when our (C major) earth is turning? (G major)
(E minor) How do we sleep
while our (C major) beds are burning? (D major) (B7/D#)
(E minor) How can we dance
when our (C major) earth is turning? (G major)
(E minor) How do we sleep
while our (C major) beds are burning? (D major)
The (E minor) time has come to (C major) say "Fair's fair"
To (G major) pay the rent now, to (D major) pay our share
(E7) (E7) (E7) (E7)
Verse 2
The (E7) four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The (E7) Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees
Pre-chorus 2
The (E major) time has come to (E7sus4) say "Fair's fair"
To (A/E) pay the rent, to (E major) pay our share
The (E major) time has come, a (E7sus4) fact's a fact
It be (A/E) longs to them, let's give it back
(E major) (G major) (A major)
Chorus 2
(E minor) How can we dance
when our (C major) earth is turning? (G major)
(E minor) How do we sleep
while our (C major) beds are burning? (D major) (B7/D#)
(E minor) How can we dance
when our (C major) earth is turning? (G major)
(E minor) How do we sleep
while our (C major) beds are burning? (D major)
The (E minor) time has come to (C major) say "Fair's fair"
To (G major) pay the rent now, to (D major) pay our share
The (E minor) time has come, a (C major) fact's a fact
It be (G major) longs to them, we're gonna (D major) give it back
Chorus 3
(E minor) How can we dance
when our (C major) earth is turning? (G major)
(E minor) How do we sleep
while our (C major) beds are burning (D major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major) (D major)
(E major) (G major) (A major)
(E major) (G major) (A major)
Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
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