Chords for Midnight Oil, Beds are Burning(hq sound)
Tempo:
118.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [G] [A]
[E]
Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert owed.
Whole racks and bodies owed, steam and fire, five degrees.
The time has come to save fast fare, to [A] pay the rent, [E] to pay our share.
The time has come, our backs are bound, it [A] belongs to them, [E] [Gb] let's give it back.
[E] [G] [A]
[Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
[Eb] [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D]
[Em] The time has [C] come to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D] pay our share.
[E]
The crow will scare the cockatoos, from Kent, Cais, Yondabu.
The western desert lives and breathes, 45 degrees.
The time has come to save fast fare, [A] to pay the rent, [E] to pay our share.
The time has come, our backs are bound, [A] it belongs to them, [E] let's [Gb] give it back.
[E] [G] [A]
[Ab] [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
How [Eb] [Em] can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
[Em] The time has come [C] to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D]
pay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our backs are bound, [G] it belongs to them, [D] let's give it back.
[E]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is burning?
[G]
[Em] How do we sleep while [C] our heads are burning?
[D] [Em]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[C] [G]
[D]
[E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A] [Ab]
[N]
[E]
Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert owed.
Whole racks and bodies owed, steam and fire, five degrees.
The time has come to save fast fare, to [A] pay the rent, [E] to pay our share.
The time has come, our backs are bound, it [A] belongs to them, [E] [Gb] let's give it back.
[E] [G] [A]
[Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
[Eb] [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D]
[Em] The time has [C] come to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D] pay our share.
[E]
The crow will scare the cockatoos, from Kent, Cais, Yondabu.
The western desert lives and breathes, 45 degrees.
The time has come to save fast fare, [A] to pay the rent, [E] to pay our share.
The time has come, our backs are bound, [A] it belongs to them, [E] let's [Gb] give it back.
[E] [G] [A]
[Ab] [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
How [Eb] [Em] can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?
[Em] The time has come [C] to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D]
pay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our backs are bound, [G] it belongs to them, [D] let's give it back.
[E]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is burning?
[G]
[Em] How do we sleep while [C] our heads are burning?
[D] [Em]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[C] [G]
[D]
[E] [G] [A]
[E] [G] [A] [Ab]
[N]
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Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert owed.
Whole racks and bodies owed, steam and fire, five degrees.
The time has come _ _ _ to save fast fare, _ _ _ to [A] pay the rent, _ [E] _ _ to pay our share.
The _ _ _ time has come, _ _ _ our backs are bound, _ _ _ it [A] belongs to them, _ _ [E] _ _ [Gb] let's give it back.
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ How do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] The time has [C] come to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D] pay our share.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The crow will scare the _ cockatoos, from Kent, Cais, _ _ Yondabu.
The western desert lives and breathes, 45 degrees.
_ _ The time has come _ _ _ to save fast fare, _ _ _ [A] to pay the rent, _ _ [E] _ to pay our share.
_ _ _ The time has come, _ _ _ our backs are bound, _ _ _ [A] it belongs to them, _ _ [E] _ let's [Gb] give it back.
[E] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
How [Eb] _ _ [Em] can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D]
pay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our backs are bound, [G] it belongs to them, [D] let's give it back.
_ _ _ _ [E]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is burning?
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep while [C] our heads are burning?
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Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert owed.
Whole racks and bodies owed, steam and fire, five degrees.
The time has come _ _ _ to save fast fare, _ _ _ to [A] pay the rent, _ [E] _ _ to pay our share.
The _ _ _ time has come, _ _ _ our backs are bound, _ _ _ it [A] belongs to them, _ _ [E] _ _ [Gb] let's give it back.
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ How do we sleep [C] while our heads are burning?
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] The time has [C] come to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D] pay our share.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The crow will scare the _ cockatoos, from Kent, Cais, _ _ Yondabu.
The western desert lives and breathes, 45 degrees.
_ _ The time has come _ _ _ to save fast fare, _ _ _ [A] to pay the rent, _ _ [E] _ to pay our share.
_ _ _ The time has come, _ _ _ our backs are bound, _ _ _ [A] it belongs to them, _ _ [E] _ let's [Gb] give it back.
[E] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
How [Eb] _ _ [Em] can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save fast fare, [G] to pay the rent, to [D]
pay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our backs are bound, [G] it belongs to them, [D] let's give it back.
_ _ _ _ [E]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is burning?
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] How do we sleep while [C] our heads are burning?
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