Chords for Midnight Oil - 5 - Jimmy Sharman's Boxers - Red Sails In The Sunset (1984)

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_ Hey!
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[C] _ _ [Fm] From the red-washed north, _
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Shamans' tents [Ab]
roll into [E] town. _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Twelve will face the arch-shaman.
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_ [Abm] _ _ The Shamans' boxes stand their [E] ground.
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_ [B] _ _ _ [Abm] Their days are darker [Ab] than your [E] nights.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ They [Abm]
won't be [Ab] the first.
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[Gbm] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] They won't be the first of [E] all. _
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Fighting in [D] the spotlight,
Eyes turn [A] blacker than their skin.
[E] For Jimmy [D] Shamans' boxes,
[G] It's no [A] better if you're dead. _
Standing [Bm] in the darkness,
[D] Blinded, waiting [Am] for the bell.
[Gbm] The days are [D] also trickling
[G] Like the first hand [E] of the bell.
[D] Why are we fighting [G] for this?
Why [D] are you paying for this?
You're paying a [G] stingy for life's lab.
[D] No, no, no, no.
[Bm] What is the reason [D] for this?
[Dm] There is a reason [E] for this.
[D] What is the reason that you're fighting?
No, no, _ [Ab] no.
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Laws now bring him to his [E] knees.
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Still, a crowd calls out for more.
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For more.
_ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] The drums are batting in his ear.
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_ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] The man keeps counting out the [E] score.
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This is the place, the first and last hotel. _ _
This is the place, the first and last hotel. _ _
That and your [Ab] place, the best [Gb] and worst hotel.
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You're not the race, the first [Gb] and last hotel. _
[E] You're not the park, the first and [Abm] worst hotel.
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[E] That and your place, the first and [Abm] last hotel.
The [Ab] days are darker than your [E]
nights.
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[Ab] But they won't be the first, I [E] know.
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ The [Ab] girls will be the most in front of me.
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_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] But they won't be our first, I know.
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[G] Fighting in the spotlight, eyes so blacker [E] than their skin.
[Gbm] Put your knees [D] up and go, sir, [Gm] it's not [E] fair that you win.
[B] Standing in the darkness, [D] kind of waiting [Am] for the bell.
[E] The days are [D] wasted to get [G] the [E] first and last hotel.
[D] Why are we fighting for this?
Why are you paying for this?
Like a city for a trap.
Love to a bone.
[Bm] Why is the reason [Dm] for this?
There is a [D] reason for this.
Why is the reason _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] for this?
[Gb] Why are we [A] fighting?
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_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Why _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Gb] are [G] you [A] fighting?
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Why [C] are you fighting?
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_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] Why _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] is the reason for this?
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