Biografía:
Midnight Oil era una banda de rock australiana reconocida por su característico sonido hard-rock, intensas presentaciones en vivo y su abierto activismo político.
"Burning the midnight oil" significa trabajar tarde en la noche, aludiendo a una lámpara de aceite. "Smells of the midnight oil" caracteriza poesía o prosa cargada con elaboradas alusiones literarias y vocabulario metafórico.
The Oils, como los conocen sus seguidores, comenzaron como una banda de rock progresivo llamada Farm a comienzos de los 70s
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Otras canciones:
- 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
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
1st Verse
G C G
Who'd like to change the world
G C G
Who wants to shoot the curl
D C G
Who gets to work for bread
D C Em
Who wants to get ahead
G C G
Who hands out equal rights
G C G
Who starts and ends that fight
D C G
And not not rant and rave
D C Em D
Or end up a slave
G C G
Who can make hard won gains
G C G
Fall like the summer rain
D C G
Now every man must be
D C Em
What his life can be
C D Em C G
So don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
Break: Repeat x3
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-----2---3-2-0-2|
E|-3-3---3--------|
Em D
2nd Verse:
G C G
Who want's to please everyone
G C G
Who says it all can be done
D C G
Still sit up on that fence
D C Em
No-one I've heard of yet
G C G
Don't call me baby
G C G
Don't talk in maybes
D C G
Don't talk like has-beens
D C Em D
Sing it like it should be
G C G
Who laughs at the nagging doubt
G C G
Lying on a neon shroud
D C G
Just gotta touch someone
D C Em
I want to be
C D Em C
So don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
C D Em C
Don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
C D Em C G
Don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
Break: Repeat x3
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-----2---3-2-0-2|
E|-3-3---3--------|
Em D
Bridge:
Am C D
Am C Am C D
Am C Am C D
Am C D
Chorus:
G C G F
One country
G C G
One country
Am C Am F
One country
Am C D
One country
G C G F
Who wants to sit around
(One country)
G C G
Turn it up turn it down
(One country)
Am C Am F
Only a man can be
(One country)
Am C D F
What his life can be
(One country)
G C G F
One vision one people
(One country)
G C G
One landmass we are defenceless
(One country)
Am C Am F
We have
(One country)
Am C D F
A lifeline
(One country)
G C G F
One ocean, one policy
G C G
Seabed lies
Am C Am F
One passion, one movement, one instant, one difference
Am C D
One lifetime, one understanding
G C G F
Hey hey hey-hey, one country
(One country)
G C G
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, one country
(One country)
Am C Am F
I tell you, it's one country
(One country)
Am C D F
Hey hey hey-hey hey
(One country)
G C G F
Yeah one, one, one
(One country)
G C G
One, one, one, one country
(One country)
Am C Am F
One, one
(One country)
Am C D F
Understanding
(One country)
Outro:
G C G F
Transgression, redemption
G C G
One island blue, our placemat
Am C Am F
One firmament, one element
Am C D F G
One moment, one fusion, yes and one time
G C G
Who'd like to change the world
G C G
Who wants to shoot the curl
D C G
Who gets to work for bread
D C Em
Who wants to get ahead
G C G
Who hands out equal rights
G C G
Who starts and ends that fight
D C G
And not not rant and rave
D C Em D
Or end up a slave
G C G
Who can make hard won gains
G C G
Fall like the summer rain
D C G
Now every man must be
D C Em
What his life can be
C D Em C G
So don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
Break: Repeat x3
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-----2---3-2-0-2|
E|-3-3---3--------|
Em D
2nd Verse:
G C G
Who want's to please everyone
G C G
Who says it all can be done
D C G
Still sit up on that fence
D C Em
No-one I've heard of yet
G C G
Don't call me baby
G C G
Don't talk in maybes
D C G
Don't talk like has-beens
D C Em D
Sing it like it should be
G C G
Who laughs at the nagging doubt
G C G
Lying on a neon shroud
D C G
Just gotta touch someone
D C Em
I want to be
C D Em C
So don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
C D Em C
Don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
C D Em C G
Don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
Break: Repeat x3
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-----2---3-2-0-2|
E|-3-3---3--------|
Em D
Bridge:
Am C D
Am C Am C D
Am C Am C D
Am C D
Chorus:
G C G F
One country
G C G
One country
Am C Am F
One country
Am C D
One country
G C G F
Who wants to sit around
(One country)
G C G
Turn it up turn it down
(One country)
Am C Am F
Only a man can be
(One country)
Am C D F
What his life can be
(One country)
G C G F
One vision one people
(One country)
G C G
One landmass we are defenceless
(One country)
Am C Am F
We have
(One country)
Am C D F
A lifeline
(One country)
G C G F
One ocean, one policy
G C G
Seabed lies
Am C Am F
One passion, one movement, one instant, one difference
Am C D
One lifetime, one understanding
G C G F
Hey hey hey-hey, one country
(One country)
G C G
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, one country
(One country)
Am C Am F
I tell you, it's one country
(One country)
Am C D F
Hey hey hey-hey hey
(One country)
G C G F
Yeah one, one, one
(One country)
G C G
One, one, one, one country
(One country)
Am C Am F
One, one
(One country)
Am C D F
Understanding
(One country)
Outro:
G C G F
Transgression, redemption
G C G
One island blue, our placemat
Am C Am F
One firmament, one element
Am C D F G
One moment, one fusion, yes and one time
Miguel
Miguel Aceves
Miguel Bos&eacut (...)
Miguel Jontel
Miguel Morales