Chords for Midnight Oil - Jimmy Sharman's Boxers

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_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] [C] From _ _ [Abm] the red box north of town, [Cm] _ [E] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [E] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ Shabba's tents roll into town.
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[Ab] _ _ _ Twelve will face the archer.
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Shabba's boxers stand their _ [E] ground.
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_ _ _ [Abm] Their days are darker [Ab] than your [E] months.
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[E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ They won't be the first to fall.
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Children broke and fried _ _ [E] dreams. _
[Gbm] _ [E] [Ab] They _ _ _ _ won't be the first to fall.
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[Gbm] _ _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Em] There's a [D] dim spotlight, [G] eyes turn [A] blacker than a [E] stick.
[Gb] For Jimmy, [D] Charm and [G] Boxers, it's no better [Am] if you're weak.
[Bm] Standing in the darkness, lined [D] up waiting for [Gbm] the bell.
The days [Gm] are worse than drinking at the first [Am] hand lab hotel.
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Why are we fighting for this?
Why are you paying for this?
You're paying a fee for a life's lab, not a funeral.
Why is there reason for this?
There is no reason for this.
Why is there reason if [Bm] you are in? _ _
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_ [A] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ The blows now bring him to his [E] _
knees.
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Still are cloud walls and fumble, [E] _ _
[A] fumble.
[E] _ [Ab] _ _ The drums are banging in his field.
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_ [A] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ The man keeps [N] counting out the [Fm] [E] score. _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] The place, the first and last hotel. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ Flat on your [E] face, the first hand lab [Abm] hotel.
_ [E] _ You're not in the rules, but at the first hand [Abm] lab hotel.
[B] _ [E] You're the pop, the first and last hotel.
_ Flat on your face, the first hand [Bm] lab hotel.
_ [Abm] The days [Ab] are darker than your [E] nights.
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ But they won't be the first to [E] fall. _
_ [A] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ You're a chain, you're broken, and I'm with you.
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_ [A] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ But they [B] won't [Db] be the first to [Ab] fall.
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_ [A] _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] Fighting in the spotlight, I stand back [Am] up [E] and ask you.
[Gb] Forgive [D] me, shaman, for so [Gm] it's no [A] better if you [E] win.
[Bm] Standing in the dark, first line up, [A] waiting for the bell.
[Gbm] The days [Gm] are often dreary at the [Am] first hand lab [D] hotel.
Why are we fighting for this?
Why are you paying for this?
You're paying the fee before I slap your fool of a bone.
Why is there a reason for this?
There is a reason for this.
Why is there a
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_ reason for this?
[E] _ [B] Why are [G] we [A] fighting [E] for _ [Em] _ _
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[G] _ _ [A] this?
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[G] _ [A] are [Em] we? _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ [D] Why [Em] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ you?
_ _ [E] _ _ Why [B] are [Em] you?
_ [A] Why are you?
[E] Why [Em] _ are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you? _ _ _ _ _ _
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