Chords for Midnight Oil - 1 - Beds Are Burning - Diesel And Dust (1987)

Tempo:
120.15 bpm
Chords used:

C

Em

G

D

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Midnight Oil - 1 - Beds Are Burning - Diesel And Dust (1987) chords
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[G] [A] [E]
Out where the river broke, the blood would add the desert oak.
Hold the racks and firewood diesel, steam and bottle fire breeze.
The time has come to save, fast, and repay the rent, the pay and share.
The time has come, a [B] fact's a fact, [E] it belongs to them, [Gb] let's give it back.
[E] [A]
[Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G]
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D]
[Eb] [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G] How
[Em] do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
[Em] The time has come [C] to save, fast, and [G] repay the rent, [D] the pay and share.
[E]
The fire will scare the cockatoos, from Kentucky to Yondabu.
The western desert lives and breathes in 45 degrees.
The time has come to save, fast, and repay the rent, the pay and share.
The time has come, a fact's a fact, it belongs to them, [Cm] let's give it back.
[A]
[B] [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
How [Em]
do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D]
[Eb] [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep while [C] our heads are burning?
[D]
[Em] The time has come [C] to save, fast, and [G] repay the rent, [D] the pay and share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] a fact's a fact, [G] it belongs to them, we're [D] gonna give it back.
[E] How can we [C] dance when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
[Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[E]
[A]
[A] [E] [N]
Key:  
C
3211
Em
121
G
2131
D
1321
E
2311
C
3211
Em
121
G
2131
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Let's start jamming Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - D, Em, C, G and D in sequence. For best results, commence at 59 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 119. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C# Major in mind.

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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Out _ _ _ _ where the river broke, the blood would add the desert oak.
Hold the racks and firewood diesel, steam and bottle fire breeze.
The time has come _ _ to save, fast, and _ _ _ _ repay the rent, _ _ _ the pay and share.
_ _ _ The time has _ come, _ _ a [B] fact's a fact, [E] _ _ _ it belongs to them, _ _ _ _ [Gb] let's give it back.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ How do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G] _ How _ _
_ _ _ [Em] do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save, fast, and [G] repay the rent, [D] the pay and share.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The fire will scare the _ _ cockatoos, from Kentucky to _ Yondabu.
The western desert lives and breathes in 45 _ degrees. _
The time has come _ _ _ to save, fast, and repay _ _ _ the rent, _ _ _ the pay and share. _ _ _ _
The time has come, _ _ a fact's a fact, _ _ _ it belongs to them, _ _ _ [Cm] let's give it back.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
How _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep while [C] our heads are burning?
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save, fast, and [G] repay the rent, [D] the pay and share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] a fact's a fact, [G] it belongs to them, we're [D] gonna give it back. _
_ _ _ [E] How can we [C] dance when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _

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