Beds Are Burning Chords by Midnight Oil

Tempo:

118.35 bpm

Chords used:

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[G] [A] [E]
Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert oak,
dissolved, steam and fire, these fire breeze.
to save fast fare, to pay [A] the rent, [E] to pay our share.
time has come, our facts [B] are found, [E]
it belongs [A] to them, [E]
[F#] let's do it fast.
[A] [Em]

100% ➙ 118BPM

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To learn Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G, Em, C, G, D and Em. Set your pace at 59 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 118. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: Ab Major.

_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert oak,
_ Holdin' wrecks and firewood dissolved, steam and fire, these fire breeze.
The time has come _ _ _ to save fast fare, _ _ _ to pay [A] the rent, _ _ _ [E] to pay our share.
The _ _ time has come, _ _ _ our facts [B] are found, _ _ [E] _
it belongs [A] to them, _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] let's do it fast. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
How do we sleep [C] while our beds are burning?
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
How do we sleep while [C] our beds are burning?
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent now, [D] to pay our share. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Far we'll scatter _ cockatoos, from Kent to East, from Yonder to Ruth,
The western desert lives and breathes, in 45 _ degrees.
_ The time has come _ _ _ to save fast fare, _ _ _ to [E] pay the rent, _ _ _ _ _ to pay our share. _ _ _
_ The time has come, _ _ _ our facts are found, _ _ it [B] belongs to [A] them, _ _
[E] _ let's give it _ back.
[G] _
[A] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
[Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our beds are [D] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
How do we sleep [C] while our beds are [D] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent now, [D] to pay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our facts are found, [G] it belongs to them, we're [D] gonna give it back. _
_ _ _ [E] How can we dance [C] when our earth is burning?
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our beds are burning?
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _

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