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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
From: Craig Lawton
THE DEAD HEART
By Midnight Oil
Do intro riff twice (second time with vocals)
[ These two bars three times ]
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
B|--------2-----3-----2-----|--------------------------|--3----------------------------|
G|--4-----------------------|--4-----2--2--------------|--4----------------------------|
D|-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----4--------------------|--4----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
Or use this (Repeat twice) and during the middle of the song
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
B|--------3--4--3-----------|--------3--4--3-----------|--------3--4--3-----------|--3--|
G|--0--5-----------5--3--3--|--0--5-----------5--3--3--|--0--5-----------5--3--3--|--4--|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--4--|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----|
Play this third time and at the end of the song
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
B|--------3--6--5--3--1--1--|--------3--6--5--3--1--1--|--------3--6--5--3--1--1--|--3--|
G|--0--5--------------------|--0--5--------------------|--0--5--------------------|--4--|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--4--|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----|
THEN CHORD STRUMMING over vocals is:
(each vert line is one beat)
B E A B E A B E A F#m Bsus4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Do Do Do Do Do Do Do
VERSE 1: (over bass and drums)
We don't serve your country
Don't serve your king
Know your custom don't speak your tongue
White man came took everyone
(With intro riff over top)
Do do do do do do do
VERSE 2:
We don't server your country
Don't serve your king
White man listen to the songs we sing
White man came took everything
(With intro riff)
Do do do do do do do
CHORUS:
Bm A G
We carry in our hearts the true country
F#m D A/C#
And that cannot be sto - len
Bm A G
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
F#m A D A/C#
And that cannot be bro - ken
(With intro riff)
Do do do do do do do
Repeat earlier verse then:
VERSE 3:
We don't need protection
Don't need your land
Keep your promise on where we stand
We will listen we'll understand
CHORUS (TWICE) - Finish second chorus on Bsus4
With intro riff (over top)
Mining companies, pastoral companies
Uranium companies
Collected companies
Got more right than people
Got more say than people
THEN CHORD STRUMMING over vocals is:
(each vert line is one beat)
B E A B E A B E A F#m Bsus4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things
The dead heart lives here
END song on B Major Chord
CHORDS:
Bm x24432
A x02220
G 320003
F#m 244222
Bsus4 x24400
A/C# x4222x
D xx0232
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| / / / / |_/ _ ( ( __/
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| | /__/
/ E-mail : [email protected]
THE DEAD HEART
By Midnight Oil
Do intro riff twice (second time with vocals)
[ These two bars three times ]
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
B|--------2-----3-----2-----|--------------------------|--3----------------------------|
G|--4-----------------------|--4-----2--2--------------|--4----------------------------|
D|-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----4--------------------|--4----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2----------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
Or use this (Repeat twice) and during the middle of the song
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
B|--------3--4--3-----------|--------3--4--3-----------|--------3--4--3-----------|--3--|
G|--0--5-----------5--3--3--|--0--5-----------5--3--3--|--0--5-----------5--3--3--|--4--|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--4--|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----|
Play this third time and at the end of the song
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
B|--------3--6--5--3--1--1--|--------3--6--5--3--1--1--|--------3--6--5--3--1--1--|--3--|
G|--0--5--------------------|--0--5--------------------|--0--5--------------------|--4--|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--4--|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--2--|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----|
THEN CHORD STRUMMING over vocals is:
(each vert line is one beat)
B E A B E A B E A F#m Bsus4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Do Do Do Do Do Do Do
VERSE 1: (over bass and drums)
We don't serve your country
Don't serve your king
Know your custom don't speak your tongue
White man came took everyone
(With intro riff over top)
Do do do do do do do
VERSE 2:
We don't server your country
Don't serve your king
White man listen to the songs we sing
White man came took everything
(With intro riff)
Do do do do do do do
CHORUS:
Bm A G
We carry in our hearts the true country
F#m D A/C#
And that cannot be sto - len
Bm A G
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
F#m A D A/C#
And that cannot be bro - ken
(With intro riff)
Do do do do do do do
Repeat earlier verse then:
VERSE 3:
We don't need protection
Don't need your land
Keep your promise on where we stand
We will listen we'll understand
CHORUS (TWICE) - Finish second chorus on Bsus4
With intro riff (over top)
Mining companies, pastoral companies
Uranium companies
Collected companies
Got more right than people
Got more say than people
THEN CHORD STRUMMING over vocals is:
(each vert line is one beat)
B E A B E A B E A F#m Bsus4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things
The dead heart lives here
END song on B Major Chord
CHORDS:
Bm x24432
A x02220
G 320003
F#m 244222
Bsus4 x24400
A/C# x4222x
D xx0232
/^^^^^ o o
( / ) Craig Lawton o
# / o ______ o
| | BHP Research _/ ( _
|_/| _ _/ ( _ O
___/ // | _ _/ ( ( 0
| / / / |== _/ ( ( |
___+___/ / / / |=== _ ( ( ( |
| / / / / |==_/ _ ( ( |
| / / / / |_/ _ ( ( __/
/ / / / _ ( _/
| | /// | |___/
| | /__/
/ E-mail : [email protected]
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