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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Warakurna by Midnight Oil
from the album "Diesel and Dust"
INTRO:
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------0---2-------------0---------------------------------------|
D-|---4-----------0-------------0-----0-----0---0-----0-------------|
A-|-----------------4---2---------4-----4---------4-----4-0---------|
E-|-2-------------------------------5-----5---------5-------2-------|
LYRICS:
F#m G A
there is enough
F#m G A
there is enough for everyone
F#m G A
there is enough
F#m G A
there is enough, in Redfern as there is in Alice
F#m G A
there is enough, this is not the Buckingham palace
F#m G A
there is enough
G
this is the crown land
[intro together with verse chords]
F#m G A
this is the brown land
F#m G A G
this is not our land
F#m G A
G D G D
some folks live in water tanks
G D Bm G G D
some folks live in red brick flats
F#m G A
there is enough, the law is carved in granite
F#m G A
there is enough, it's been shaped by wind and rain
F#m G A
there is enough, white law could be wrong
F#m G A
there is enough, black law must be strong
F#m G A
G D G D
Warakurna, cars will roll
G D Bm C
don't drink by the waterhole
G D G D
court fines on the shopfront wall
G D Bm G G D
beat the grog and save your soul
G G D G G Bm
some people laugh, some never learn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
G G D G G Bm
some people sleep, some people yearn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
VERSE with INTRO x4
G G D G G D
diesel and dust is what we breathe
G G D G G D
this land don't change and we don't leave
G G D G G Bm
some people live, some never die
G G D
this land don't change, this land must lie
G G D G G Bm
some people leave, always return
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
G D G D
Warakurna, camels roam
G D Bm C
fires are warm and dogs are cold
G D G D
not since Lassiter was here
G D Bm G G D
black man's got a lot to fear
G G D G G Bm
some people laugh, some never learn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
G G D G G Bm
some people sleep, some people yearn
G G Bm
this land must change or land must burn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
[G G D sequnce until end]
Jonathan Hart
[email protected]
#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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
Warakurna by Midnight Oil
from the album "Diesel and Dust"
INTRO:
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------0---2-------------0---------------------------------------|
D-|---4-----------0-------------0-----0-----0---0-----0-------------|
A-|-----------------4---2---------4-----4---------4-----4-0---------|
E-|-2-------------------------------5-----5---------5-------2-------|
LYRICS:
F#m G A
there is enough
F#m G A
there is enough for everyone
F#m G A
there is enough
F#m G A
there is enough, in Redfern as there is in Alice
F#m G A
there is enough, this is not the Buckingham palace
F#m G A
there is enough
G
this is the crown land
[intro together with verse chords]
F#m G A
this is the brown land
F#m G A G
this is not our land
F#m G A
G D G D
some folks live in water tanks
G D Bm G G D
some folks live in red brick flats
F#m G A
there is enough, the law is carved in granite
F#m G A
there is enough, it's been shaped by wind and rain
F#m G A
there is enough, white law could be wrong
F#m G A
there is enough, black law must be strong
F#m G A
G D G D
Warakurna, cars will roll
G D Bm C
don't drink by the waterhole
G D G D
court fines on the shopfront wall
G D Bm G G D
beat the grog and save your soul
G G D G G Bm
some people laugh, some never learn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
G G D G G Bm
some people sleep, some people yearn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
VERSE with INTRO x4
G G D G G D
diesel and dust is what we breathe
G G D G G D
this land don't change and we don't leave
G G D G G Bm
some people live, some never die
G G D
this land don't change, this land must lie
G G D G G Bm
some people leave, always return
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
G D G D
Warakurna, camels roam
G D Bm C
fires are warm and dogs are cold
G D G D
not since Lassiter was here
G D Bm G G D
black man's got a lot to fear
G G D G G Bm
some people laugh, some never learn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
G G D G G Bm
some people sleep, some people yearn
G G Bm
this land must change or land must burn
G G D
this land must change or land must burn
[G G D sequnce until end]
Jonathan Hart
[email protected]
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