Poets and Slaves chords by Midnight Oil

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C
D
G
Bm
B
Csus4
A
Am

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Here comes the mechanical
C 
Em 
sun
Working on the bones in the
C 
D 
dry old creek bed
G 
C 
D 
Mist on the old river bend yellow
G 
C 
box hangs  like it's dead
Em 
C 
The emerald silo is rusting from the inside.

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Verse 2

You want to run like the wind you'll

never come here again

You want a world you can save so c' mon

you poets and slaves.

Verse 3
Em 
C 
Em 
Circus olympia pulls into town
The dwarf and the fat man
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D 
head out for beer
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C 
D 
There is no lion that roars to
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C 
one can stand on the horse
Em 
Tomorrow is a no show
the fortune teller cries.
C 

Verse 4
G 
C 
G 
C 
You want to go down in flames you're
G 
C 
G 
gonna crash like the waves
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G 
C 
G 
C 
You can't remember your name so come on you po
Em 
C 
ets and slaves.

Interlude 1

Csus4

Verse 5
Em 
We got everything we need
G 
C 
G 
Em 
sugar and beef
We got some good ideas
C 
We got the steering wheels
D 
and rolling stock too
G 
C 
D 
Clouds came down low on the corn
G 
C 
Meat ants are gathering like storms
Em 
Somewhere in the quiet wild
C 
darkness a crocodile cries.

Verse 6

You gotta you gotta

you gotta

C' mon you poets and slaves.

Interlude 2

You

Verse 7

got to arrest the decay

you're sinking down in the bay

You can't remember your name c'mon

you poets and slaves.

Verse 8
G 
You've got to count  what
C 
G 
you've made
C 
G 
Am 
G 
You're gonna pass like the days
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G 
Am 
C 
Bm 
Stop time and head for the stage.
G 
And c' mon you