Chords for Midnight Oil - 2 - Put Down That Weapon - Diesel And Dust (1987)

[G] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Under [E] the _ waterline, _ _ [D] no [G] place to [Am] retire to [D] _ _
[C] another time.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] Eyes of the world [C] now turn, [F#m] and [Em] if we think [C] about [Am] it, [D] and [Em] if we talk [C] about [Am] it, [D] and [Em] if the skies [C] go dark [Am] with rain.
[D] _ _
[Em] Can't [C] tell me [Am] that our [D] freedom remains.
[Em] Put down that weapon, _ _
[Am] or [C] we'll all [D] be gone. _ _
[Em] You can't [C] hide nowhere [Em] _
[Am] with [C] a [D] torchlight on.
And [C] it happens [Em] to be [C] an [Em] emergency.
[C] Some things are meant to be.
[D] _
[C] Some things [D] don't come for [Am] free.
[C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [D] Under [E] the _ waterline, _ _ _ [Dm]
[Em] point the finger, yeah, [A] point the [D] bow. _
[Em] It's the other [C] town, [A] _ [D] the _ [E] grey metal [C] ships [Am] call.
_ And [Em] if we think [C] about [Am] it, _ [D] and [Em] if we talk [C] about [Am] it,
[D] _ _
[Em] _ [C] Seagulls [Am] whining, [D] can _
[Em] _ [C] you tell me [Am] what you'll do [D] about that?
[Em] Put down [C] that weapon, [Em] _ _
[Am] or [C] we'll all [D] be gone. _ _
[Em] I must know [C] something _ [Em] _
[Am] to [C] know it's [D] so wrong.
[Bm]
[C] And it happens to be an emergency.
[Em]
[C] Some things are meant to be.
[D] _
[C] Some things [D] don't come [Am] for free.
[C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] They [B] keep talking about it.
[D] [F#m] They [B] keep talking about it.
_ [D] They [B] keep talking about _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] it. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm]
[C] And it happens to be an [Em] emergency.
[C] Some things are meant to be.
[D] _
[Em] Some things [D] don't come [Am] for free.
[C] _ _
[Em] Put down that weapon, _
[Am] or [C] we'll all [D] be gone. _ _
[Em] I must know [C] something [Em] _ _
[Am] to [C] know it's [D] so wrong. _
[C] And it happens [Em] to be [C] an [Em] emergency.
[C] Some things are meant to be.
[D] _
[C] Some things [D] don't come [Am] for free.
[C] _ _
[Em] Put down that weapon, _ _
[Am] or [C] we'll all [D] be gone. _
[Em] You must be [C] crazy, [Em] _ _
[Am] if you [C] think [D] you're so wrong.
[G]
[C] Cause it happens [Em] to be [C] an [Em] emergency.
[C] Some things are meant to be.
[D] And [Em] some things [D] don't come [Am] for free.
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _