Chords for Midnight Oil - 2 - Brave Faces - Place Without A Postcard (1981)
Tempo:
136.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
C#
B
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
I've [C#] seen faces in [B] the windows [C#] I've seen faces in [D#m] the streets
[D] They park and [B] walk and nothing [C#] I've known many [B] restless summers
[C#] Sand dunes I [D#m] imagined [D] A place without [B] a post
[C#] Flower people were [B] so beautiful [C#] But straight and loud [D#m] and white
[D] Who'd love to be [B] next to them [C#] They talk to [B] politicians
[C#] Sentences [D#m] of cynics [D] Of the sentences [Em] of childhood
[C]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[C#] [D] They're all talk and shit [A] to me
Walk
[B] [C#] by [B] the mass media [C#] To pay the [D#m] bills in lines
[D] And the lines we [B] eat with breakfast
[Bm] Straight [C#] faces [A] face for [B] [C#] boardroom The old stained walls fall [D#m] silent
[D] They leave line of grit to [C] be And
[Bm] they got those [D] tears in their eyes
Well, [A] they make no sense to me
[E] When [Bm]
[C#] [F] [Bm] [E] we dance, when we dance All the night, all [D] the [C#] night
You [C] saw me [E] I looked right
[Em] I was the [C#m] one with my [Am] head in [Em] the clouds Up and down, [D] round [C#] and round
[F]
Why don't they understand
[B]
[E] [F#] We're so [F#m] ordinary to [A] dance [B]
[F#m] [D]
the [Am] floor [F#] now
[B] Pain [C#] and passion's my [B] point of view, oh [D] yeah
Well, there's nothing but [C] the, oh yeah, oh yeah
[D] I've seen men that have [C] been knocked out They [D] rule down like real [C] assassins
[A#] They fell [F] hard on [C] instantly, baby [D] And I'm never [C] going there
[D] No, I'm never [C] going there [F] Well, the place I see's [Em] so much better
So much better [F#] Getting [F#m] high, getting [D] low
Oh, they [A] make no sense to me
[F] I
[F#m] [D] started so [Am] slow, now
[D]
[B] Burnin' [C#] milk and burnin' [D#m] paper [D] Burnin' [A] all [D] around [Em] and later
[C] [E] [Em]
[D] [C]
[E] [G] [C#m]
[Am] [Em]
[G] [C#] [F]
[Em] [G] [C#]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [C#] [C] [Em]
[D] [C#]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[C#m] [C] [Em]
[D] [C#m] [B]
[C] [Em] [G]
[C#] [C] [Em]
[D] [C#] [C]
[B] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [C#m] [Cm]
[Em]
I've [C#] seen faces in [B] the windows [C#] I've seen faces in [D#m] the streets
[D] They park and [B] walk and nothing [C#] I've known many [B] restless summers
[C#] Sand dunes I [D#m] imagined [D] A place without [B] a post
[C#] Flower people were [B] so beautiful [C#] But straight and loud [D#m] and white
[D] Who'd love to be [B] next to them [C#] They talk to [B] politicians
[C#] Sentences [D#m] of cynics [D] Of the sentences [Em] of childhood
[C]
[E] [F#m] [D]
[C#] [D] They're all talk and shit [A] to me
Walk
[B] [C#] by [B] the mass media [C#] To pay the [D#m] bills in lines
[D] And the lines we [B] eat with breakfast
[Bm] Straight [C#] faces [A] face for [B] [C#] boardroom The old stained walls fall [D#m] silent
[D] They leave line of grit to [C] be And
[Bm] they got those [D] tears in their eyes
Well, [A] they make no sense to me
[E] When [Bm]
[C#] [F] [Bm] [E] we dance, when we dance All the night, all [D] the [C#] night
You [C] saw me [E] I looked right
[Em] I was the [C#m] one with my [Am] head in [Em] the clouds Up and down, [D] round [C#] and round
[F]
Why don't they understand
[B]
[E] [F#] We're so [F#m] ordinary to [A] dance [B]
[F#m] [D]
the [Am] floor [F#] now
[B] Pain [C#] and passion's my [B] point of view, oh [D] yeah
Well, there's nothing but [C] the, oh yeah, oh yeah
[D] I've seen men that have [C] been knocked out They [D] rule down like real [C] assassins
[A#] They fell [F] hard on [C] instantly, baby [D] And I'm never [C] going there
[D] No, I'm never [C] going there [F] Well, the place I see's [Em] so much better
So much better [F#] Getting [F#m] high, getting [D] low
Oh, they [A] make no sense to me
[F] I
[F#m] [D] started so [Am] slow, now
[D]
[B] Burnin' [C#] milk and burnin' [D#m] paper [D] Burnin' [A] all [D] around [Em] and later
[C] [E] [Em]
[D] [C]
[E] [G] [C#m]
[Am] [Em]
[G] [C#] [F]
[Em] [G] [C#]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [C#] [C] [Em]
[D] [C#]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[C#m] [C] [Em]
[D] [C#m] [B]
[C] [Em] [G]
[C#] [C] [Em]
[D] [C#] [C]
[B] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [C#m] [Cm]
[Em]
Key:
D
C#
B
Em
C
D
C#
B
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] seen faces in [B] the windows [C#] I've seen faces in [D#m] the streets
[D] They park and [B] walk and nothing _ [C#] I've known many [B] restless summers
_ _ [C#] Sand dunes I [D#m] imagined _ [D] A place without [B] a post
_ [C#] Flower people were [B] so beautiful [C#] But straight and loud [D#m] and white
[D] Who'd love to be [B] next to them [C#] They talk to _ [B] politicians
_ _ [C#] _ Sentences [D#m] of cynics [D] Of the sentences [Em] of childhood
_ _ _ [C] _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ They're all talk and shit [A] to me
_ Walk _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ by [B] the mass media [C#] To pay the [D#m] bills in lines
[D] And the lines we [B] eat with breakfast
[Bm] Straight [C#] faces [A] face for [B] _ _ [C#] boardroom The old stained walls fall [D#m] silent
[D] They leave line of grit to [C] be _ And _ _
[Bm] they got those [D] tears in their _ _ eyes
_ Well, [A] they make no sense to me _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ When _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bm] [E] we dance, when we dance All the night, all [D] the [C#] night
You [C] saw me [E] I looked right
[Em] I was the [C#m] one with my [Am] head in [Em] the clouds Up and down, [D] round [C#] and round
[F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Why don't they _ _ _ understand
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] We're so _ [F#m] ordinary to _ [A] dance [B] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
the [Am] floor _ _ [F#] _ now
_ [B] _ Pain [C#] and passion's my [B] point of view, oh [D] yeah
Well, there's nothing but [C] the, oh yeah, oh yeah _
_ _ _ _ [D] I've seen men that have [C] been knocked out They [D] rule down like real [C] _ assassins
[A#] They fell [F] hard on _ [C] instantly, baby [D] And I'm never _ [C] going there
_ [D] No, I'm never [C] going there [F] Well, the place I see's [Em] so much better
So much better [F#] Getting [F#m] high, getting _ _ [D] low
_ Oh, they [A] make no sense to me _ _ _ _
[F] I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ started so [Am] _ slow, now
_ [D] _
[B] _ _ Burnin' [C#] milk and burnin' [D#m] paper [D] Burnin' [A] all [D] around [Em] and later
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C#] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ _
_ [C] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
[C] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] seen faces in [B] the windows [C#] I've seen faces in [D#m] the streets
[D] They park and [B] walk and nothing _ [C#] I've known many [B] restless summers
_ _ [C#] Sand dunes I [D#m] imagined _ [D] A place without [B] a post
_ [C#] Flower people were [B] so beautiful [C#] But straight and loud [D#m] and white
[D] Who'd love to be [B] next to them [C#] They talk to _ [B] politicians
_ _ [C#] _ Sentences [D#m] of cynics [D] Of the sentences [Em] of childhood
_ _ _ [C] _
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ They're all talk and shit [A] to me
_ Walk _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ by [B] the mass media [C#] To pay the [D#m] bills in lines
[D] And the lines we [B] eat with breakfast
[Bm] Straight [C#] faces [A] face for [B] _ _ [C#] boardroom The old stained walls fall [D#m] silent
[D] They leave line of grit to [C] be _ And _ _
[Bm] they got those [D] tears in their _ _ eyes
_ Well, [A] they make no sense to me _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ When _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bm] [E] we dance, when we dance All the night, all [D] the [C#] night
You [C] saw me [E] I looked right
[Em] I was the [C#m] one with my [Am] head in [Em] the clouds Up and down, [D] round [C#] and round
[F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Why don't they _ _ _ understand
_ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#] We're so _ [F#m] ordinary to _ [A] dance [B] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
the [Am] floor _ _ [F#] _ now
_ [B] _ Pain [C#] and passion's my [B] point of view, oh [D] yeah
Well, there's nothing but [C] the, oh yeah, oh yeah _
_ _ _ _ [D] I've seen men that have [C] been knocked out They [D] rule down like real [C] _ assassins
[A#] They fell [F] hard on _ [C] instantly, baby [D] And I'm never _ [C] going there
_ [D] No, I'm never [C] going there [F] Well, the place I see's [Em] so much better
So much better [F#] Getting [F#m] high, getting _ _ [D] low
_ Oh, they [A] make no sense to me _ _ _ _
[F] I _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ started so [Am] _ slow, now
_ [D] _
[B] _ _ Burnin' [C#] milk and burnin' [D#m] paper [D] Burnin' [A] all [D] around [Em] and later
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C#] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C#] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
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_ [C] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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