Biography:
Midnight Oil are an influential alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and environmentalism and their 1987 worldwide hit single "Beds Are Burning". For most of their career, the band consisted of Peter Garrett (vocals), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards), Martin Rotsey (guitar), Bones Hillman (bass, vocals) and Rob Hirst (drums).
The band split in 2002 to allow Garrett to focus on his political career.
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Other songs:
- Beds Are Burning
- Us Forces
- Antarctica
- Arctic World
- Bedlam Bridge
- Best Of Both Worlds
- Bird Noises
- Blue Sky Mine
- Bullroarer
- Bushfire
- E
- Forgotten Years
- Golden Age
- Hercules
- Home
- Im The Cure
- In The Valley
- King Of The Mountain
- Knifes Edge
- Koala Sprint
- Kosciusko
- Lucky Country
- Luritja Way
- Mountains Of Burma
- One Country
- Outbreak Of Love
- Shakers And Movers
- Sleep
- Stars Of Warburton
- Tell Me The Truth
- The Dead Heart
- The Real Thing
- Truganini
- Under The Overpass
- Warakurna
- Wedding Cake Island
- Whoa
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From: "M. Hiltonwood"
Subject: corrections Kosciusko - Midnight oil
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:16:34 +1100 (EST)
Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
Opening chords:
(Bs4 024450 or 799800)
A E D C Bs4 A G A
| | | | | | | | | |
(power chords)
A E
| | | .......
B (chugging)
A E
Older Than Kosciusko
Darwin down to Alice Springs
B
Dealers in the clearing-house
The Settlements explode
A E
High up in the homelands
miners drive across the land
B
Encounter no resistance
when the people block the road
A E
Older than Kosciusko
dry white seasons years ago
B
darkness over Charleville
the fires Begin to glow
Older than Kosciusko
Driven back to Alice Springs
Endless Storm & Struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
High up in the homelands
Celebration 'cross the land
Builds up like a cyclone
Now the fires begin to rage
A B
No end the the Hostility
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they'd like to be someone else
A E
| | | ......
B
Call of the ultimanum
B
No don't turn away ...etc
From [email protected] Wed Dec 20 01:58:22 1995
<[email protected]>
Subject: corrections Kosciusko - Midnight Oil
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 13:01:26 +1100 (EST)
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Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
Opening chords:
(Bs4 024450 or 799800)
A E D C Bs4 A G A
| | | | | | | | | |
(power chords)
A E
| | | .......
B (chugging)
A E
Older Than Kosciusko
Darwin down to Alice Springs
B
Dealers in the clearing-house
The Settlements explode
A E
High up in the homelands
miners drive across the land
B
Encounter no resistance
when the people block the road
A E
Older than Kosciusko
dry white seasons years ago
B
darkness over Charleville
the fires Begin to glow
Older than Kosciusko
Driven back to Alice Springs
Endless Storm & Struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
High up in the homelands
Celebration 'cross the land
Builds up like a cyclone
Now the fires begin to rage
A B
No end the the Hostility
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they'd like to be someone else
A E
| | | ......
B
Call of the ultimanum
B
No don't turn away ...etc
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: "M. Hiltonwood"
Subject: corrections Kosciusko - Midnight oil
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:16:34 +1100 (EST)
Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
Opening chords:
(Bs4 024450 or 799800)
A E D C Bs4 A G A
| | | | | | | | | |
(power chords)
A E
| | | .......
B (chugging)
A E
Older Than Kosciusko
Darwin down to Alice Springs
B
Dealers in the clearing-house
The Settlements explode
A E
High up in the homelands
miners drive across the land
B
Encounter no resistance
when the people block the road
A E
Older than Kosciusko
dry white seasons years ago
B
darkness over Charleville
the fires Begin to glow
Older than Kosciusko
Driven back to Alice Springs
Endless Storm & Struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
High up in the homelands
Celebration 'cross the land
Builds up like a cyclone
Now the fires begin to rage
A B
No end the the Hostility
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they'd like to be someone else
A E
| | | ......
B
Call of the ultimanum
B
No don't turn away ...etc
From [email protected] Wed Dec 20 01:58:22 1995
<[email protected]>
Subject: corrections Kosciusko - Midnight Oil
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 13:01:26 +1100 (EST)
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Length: 1198
Status: RO
Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
Opening chords:
(Bs4 024450 or 799800)
A E D C Bs4 A G A
| | | | | | | | | |
(power chords)
A E
| | | .......
B (chugging)
A E
Older Than Kosciusko
Darwin down to Alice Springs
B
Dealers in the clearing-house
The Settlements explode
A E
High up in the homelands
miners drive across the land
B
Encounter no resistance
when the people block the road
A E
Older than Kosciusko
dry white seasons years ago
B
darkness over Charleville
the fires Begin to glow
Older than Kosciusko
Driven back to Alice Springs
Endless Storm & Struggle
Marks the spirit of the age
High up in the homelands
Celebration 'cross the land
Builds up like a cyclone
Now the fires begin to rage
A B
No end the the Hostility
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D D/E D/F# D/G
now they'd like to be someone else
A E
| | | ......
B
Call of the ultimanum
B
No don't turn away ...etc
Miguel
Miguel Aceves
Miguel Bos&eacut (...)
Miguel Jontel
Miguel Morales