Mountains Of Burma Chords by Midnight Oil
Tempo:
67.275 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
D
F
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
[Am] [D]
Top of box is [G] empty now, [Bm] Ida [A] Kelly's country clean
[D] The gangland's on the [A] southern line, like [F] the steam trains have [C] disappeared
Elephants [D] fly, [G] [Bm] miracles [A] up in the sky
[D] We've all got a [A] gun, [F] with axes in [C] its eyes
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
[Bb] [D] Light years away, [A] mountains [Gm] of Burma
[G] [D]
When the sons of [G] solidarity, [Bm] still march [A] on May Day
[D] And when the sisters [A] of the seventies, [F] still fight [C] for equal pay
There's no one [D] to reap above, [G] [Bm] nor a blank [A] standard alphabet
[D] We're feeding an [A] economy, [F] that's got blood on [C] its hands
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, mountains [Eb] of Burma
[G] [Bb] [Dm] Light years away, in the mountains [Gm] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, [Am] in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [A] light years
[F] [G] away
[Dm] Pack [A] your bags full [F] of guns and [C] ammunition
[Dm] Bills [A] fall due for the [Dm] industrial [G] revolution
[Bb] [Dm] Stars [C] re-appear till the earth [Em] surrenders
[D]
Soldiers [G] of armies, [Bm] storm [A] empty fields
[D] Inner [A] travelers trance, [F] on the way to the high [C] frontier
If you sneak [D] one pistol below, [G]
[B] cable [A] cars run aground
[D] [A] Imaginary enemies, [F] form high above [C] the clouds
In the mountains [G] of Burma
The road [Gm] to Mandalay, in the mountains [G] of Burma
[Bb] [Dm] Light years away, mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the [Eb] mountains of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [F] light years away
[Gm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm]
[G]
[Bb] [F] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Db] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Dm] [D] [Gm]
[G] [Gb] [Eb] [Db]
[Bb] [D] [F] [G]
[Am] [D]
Top of box is [G] empty now, [Bm] Ida [A] Kelly's country clean
[D] The gangland's on the [A] southern line, like [F] the steam trains have [C] disappeared
Elephants [D] fly, [G] [Bm] miracles [A] up in the sky
[D] We've all got a [A] gun, [F] with axes in [C] its eyes
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
[Bb] [D] Light years away, [A] mountains [Gm] of Burma
[G] [D]
When the sons of [G] solidarity, [Bm] still march [A] on May Day
[D] And when the sisters [A] of the seventies, [F] still fight [C] for equal pay
There's no one [D] to reap above, [G] [Bm] nor a blank [A] standard alphabet
[D] We're feeding an [A] economy, [F] that's got blood on [C] its hands
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, mountains [Eb] of Burma
[G] [Bb] [Dm] Light years away, in the mountains [Gm] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, [Am] in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [A] light years
[F] [G] away
[Dm] Pack [A] your bags full [F] of guns and [C] ammunition
[Dm] Bills [A] fall due for the [Dm] industrial [G] revolution
[Bb] [Dm] Stars [C] re-appear till the earth [Em] surrenders
[D]
Soldiers [G] of armies, [Bm] storm [A] empty fields
[D] Inner [A] travelers trance, [F] on the way to the high [C] frontier
If you sneak [D] one pistol below, [G]
[B] cable [A] cars run aground
[D] [A] Imaginary enemies, [F] form high above [C] the clouds
In the mountains [G] of Burma
The road [Gm] to Mandalay, in the mountains [G] of Burma
[Bb] [Dm] Light years away, mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the [Eb] mountains of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [F] light years away
[Gm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm]
[G]
[Bb] [F] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Db] [Gm]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Dm] [D] [Gm]
[G] [Gb] [Eb] [Db]
[Bb] [D] [F] [G]
Key:
G
A
D
F
Bb
G
A
D
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Top of box is [G] empty now, [Bm] Ida [A] Kelly's country clean
[D] The gangland's on the [A] southern line, like [F] the steam trains have [C] disappeared
Elephants [D] fly, _ [G] _ _ [Bm] miracles [A] up in the sky
[D] We've all got a [A] gun, [F] with axes in [C] its eyes
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
_ [Bb] [D] Light years away, [A] mountains [Gm] of Burma
[G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ When the sons of [G] solidarity, _ [Bm] still march [A] on May Day
[D] And when the sisters [A] of the seventies, [F] still fight [C] for equal pay
There's no one [D] to reap above, [G] _ _ [Bm] nor a blank [A] standard alphabet
[D] We're feeding an [A] economy, [F] that's got blood on [C] its hands
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, mountains [Eb] of Burma
_ [G] _ [Bb] [Dm] Light years away, in the mountains [Gm] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, [Am] in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [A] light years _
[F] [G] away _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Pack [A] your bags full [F] of guns and [C] ammunition
_ [Dm] Bills [A] fall due for the [Dm] industrial [G] revolution
_ [Bb] [Dm] Stars [C] re-appear till the earth [Em] _ surrenders
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Soldiers [G] of armies, [Bm] storm [A] empty fields
[D] Inner [A] travelers trance, [F] on the way to the high [C] frontier
If you sneak [D] one pistol below, [G] _
_ [B] cable [A] cars run aground
[D] _ [A] Imaginary enemies, [F] form high above [C] the clouds
In the mountains [G] of Burma _
The road [Gm] to Mandalay, in the mountains [G] of Burma _
_ [Bb] [Dm] Light years away, mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the [Eb] mountains of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [F] light years away
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Top of box is [G] empty now, [Bm] Ida [A] Kelly's country clean
[D] The gangland's on the [A] southern line, like [F] the steam trains have [C] disappeared
Elephants [D] fly, _ [G] _ _ [Bm] miracles [A] up in the sky
[D] We've all got a [A] gun, [F] with axes in [C] its eyes
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
_ [Bb] [D] Light years away, [A] mountains [Gm] of Burma
[G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ When the sons of [G] solidarity, _ [Bm] still march [A] on May Day
[D] And when the sisters [A] of the seventies, [F] still fight [C] for equal pay
There's no one [D] to reap above, [G] _ _ [Bm] nor a blank [A] standard alphabet
[D] We're feeding an [A] economy, [F] that's got blood on [C] its hands
Mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, mountains [Eb] of Burma
_ [G] _ [Bb] [Dm] Light years away, in the mountains [Gm] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, [Am] in the mountains [Eb] of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [A] light years _
[F] [G] away _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Pack [A] your bags full [F] of guns and [C] ammunition
_ [Dm] Bills [A] fall due for the [Dm] industrial [G] revolution
_ [Bb] [Dm] Stars [C] re-appear till the earth [Em] _ surrenders
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Soldiers [G] of armies, [Bm] storm [A] empty fields
[D] Inner [A] travelers trance, [F] on the way to the high [C] frontier
If you sneak [D] one pistol below, [G] _
_ [B] cable [A] cars run aground
[D] _ [A] Imaginary enemies, [F] form high above [C] the clouds
In the mountains [G] of Burma _
The road [Gm] to Mandalay, in the mountains [G] of Burma _
_ [Bb] [Dm] Light years away, mountains [G] of Burma
The road to Mandalay, in the [Eb] mountains of Burma
Hope [Bb] you're [F] light years away
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _