Beds Are Burning Chords by Midnight Oil
Tempo:
118.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
G
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
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]
Key:
C
Em
G
D
E
C
Em
G
_ [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] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 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] _ _ _ _ _