Chords for Midnight Oil, Beds are Burning(hq sound)

Tempo:

118.25 bpm

Chords used:

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Midnight Oil, Beds are Burning(hq sound) chords

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[E] [G] [A]
[E]
Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert owed.
racks and bodies owed, steam and fire, five degrees.
has come to save fast fare, to [A] pay the rent, [E] to pay our share.
has come, our backs are bound, it [A] belongs to them, [E] [Gb] let's give it back.
[Em] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our heads are [D] burning?

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To learn Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: G, Em, C, G, D and Em. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 59 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 118 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Ab Major.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [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] _ _

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