Chords for Patti Smith - Beds Are Burning, Live in Dublin 06/06/2018

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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ From the center of the world, _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] down [E] deep in the earth, _ _ _ _ [C#] _ down where the swirl of dreams
are made, _ [E] _
long before the beginning of time, _ _ _ the gods formed _ _ a great rock _ that rose [B] through
the desert.
_ _ _ And this rock, [F] _ was ruby in the sun, _ _
_ [B] _ [A#] red as blood, [B] _ when the sun smiled upon
it.
_ _ And from its essence, [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] man created dream time, [B] _ _
and they slept [F#] in its shadows.
[E] _ _ _
But they
did not walk upon it.
[F#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [Bm] But then, _ settlers [E] came, _ and the Taurus, _
[B] and those who did not believe.
[E] _ _
And they tramped [C] upon it, _ _ [E] and some _ _ fell to their death, [B] _ _
pulling the red [C#] skin of the great [Bm] rock, _ _
_ down into the desert, _ _ [B]
creating the dust of sorrow.
_ _ All the way to the sea, _ _ and beneath the sea,
[F] _ _ [B] so many leaves [E] beneath the sea, _ the great [B] barrier reef, _ _ red as blood, _ _ _ _ _ _ until man _ _ _ _ infused it _ with his
toxins, [G] _ [E] with oil, with his plastics, _ and choked the [B] life out of it, _ [C] _ until [E] that great red reef, _ [B] _ _ bleached white,
[G#m] _
_ like [G] the bones _ [B] _
of saints _ _ _ in the [Em] sun.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Out where the river runs, [A] _ [B] _ _ gutwood and desert [A] oak, [B] _ holding bricks and boiling diesel,
to sleep in _ 45 degrees, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] to take their spare, _ _ _ to pay the rent, _ to _ [B] pay our share.
_ _ _ The time has come,
_ _ _ [A] face the facts, _ [E] _ _ we belong to them, _ _ _ we can't [C#] give it back.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ _ We can dance when [G] the oak is [D] turning,
_ how _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ [B] do we sleep when [G] the beds are [A] burning, _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ dance [G] when the earth is [D] turning, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] how do we sleep [G] when the beds are [A] burning. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] The time has come, [G] we sleep their [D] spare, to pay our rent, their [A] rent, pay our share.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Long as the _ cockatiel, _ can't reach [Em] the [B] unit, it can't surf when it's in breeze, it's 45 _ degrees.
The _ time has come, _ [C#] _ _ _
[A] we sleep their spare, _ _ _ [E] to pay our rent, _ _ _ _
[B] their rent, pay our share. _ _ _ _
_ The time has come, _ _ _ [A] _
face the facts, [Em] _ _ _ [F#m]
[E] we belong to them, we _ _ _ _
[C#] can't give it back. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] How do we dance when [G] the oak is turning, [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] how do we sleep [G] when the beds are [A] burning, _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] how do we dance [G] when the earth is [D] turning, _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] how do we sleep when [G] the beds are [A] burning. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
The time has come, [G] we sleep their spare, [D] to pay our rent, their [A] rent, pay our share.
[Bm] The time has come, [G] face the facts, we [D] belong to them, we [A] can't give it back.
We can't give it back.
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [A#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#] _ [G] _
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_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] How do we dance [G] when the oak is [D] turning, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] how do we sleep [G] when the beds are burning,
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] how do we [G] dance when the earth is [D] turning, how do _ _ _ _ [B] _ we sleep [G] when the _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ [E] _
beds are burning.
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