Beds Are Burning (Remastered) Chords

Tempo:

118.25 bpm

Chords used:

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A] [E]
Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert oak, whole wrecks and bodies
of steam and fire, fire and breeze.
The time has come to save face fair, repay the rent, repay our debt.
The time has come, our [B] backs are bent, [E]
the hill belongs [A] to them, [E]
[F#] let's do it fast.
[A] [Em]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
[Em]
How do we sleep [C] while our beds are burning?
[D]
[Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G]
[Em]
How do we sleep [C] while our beds are burning?
[D]
[Em] The time has [C] come to save face fair, [G] repay the rent now, [D] repay our share.
[E]
Far we'll stare at cockatoos from Kentar East to Yondabo,
the western desert lips and breeze, 45 degrees.
The time has come to save face fair, repay [A] the rent,
[E] repay our share.
The time has come, our [B] backs are bent, [E]
the hill belongs to them, let's give it back.
[G]
[A] [F#]
[Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning?
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our beds are [D] burning?
[Em]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
How [Em]
do we sleep [C] while our beds are [D] burning?
[Em] The time has come [C] to save face fair, [G]
repay the rent now, [D] repay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our backs are bent, the [G] hill belongs to them, we're [D] gonna give it back.
[E] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
How
[Em] do we sleep while [C] our beds are burning?
[D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D]
[A]
[A] [D]

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To start learning Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - D, Em, C, G and D in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 59 BPM and then match the original tempo of 119 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C# Major.

_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Out where the river broke, the blood would and the desert oak, whole wrecks and _ bodies
of steam and fire, fire and breeze.
The time has come to _ _ save face fair, _ _ _ repay the rent, _ _ _ repay our debt. _ _ _
_ The time has come, _ _ _ our [B] backs are bent, _ _ [E] _
the hill belongs [A] to them, _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] let's do it fast. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
How do we sleep [C] while our beds are burning?
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is burning?
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
How do we sleep [C] while our beds are burning?
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] The time has [C] come to save face fair, [G] repay the rent now, [D] repay our share. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Far we'll stare at _ cockatoos from Kentar East to Yondabo,
the western desert lips and breeze, 45 _ _ degrees.
The time has come _ _ _ to save face fair, _ _ _ _ repay [A] the rent, _ _
[E] _ _ repay our share. _ _ _
_ The time has come, _ _ our [B] backs are bent, [E] _ _
_ the hill belongs to them, _ _ _ let's give it back.
_ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Em] How can we dance when [C] our earth is [G] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] How do we sleep [C] while our beds are [D] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
How _ _ _ _ _ [Em]
do we sleep [C] while our beds are [D] burning?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] The time has come [C] to save face fair, [G]
repay the rent now, [D] repay our share.
[Em] The time has come, [C] our backs are bent, the [G] hill belongs to them, we're [D] gonna give it back. _
_ _ [E] How can we dance [C] when our earth is [G] burning?
_ _ How _
_ _ [Em] _ do we sleep while [C] our beds are burning?
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _

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