Chords for Midnight Oil - 7 - Power And The Passion - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)
Tempo:
77.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
C#
A
D#m
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [C#m] [B]
[C#] [B]
The [C] people [C#] wasted away in [B] paradise, going backwards.
Once in a [C#] while, taking my [Bm] time, give it a try.
What do you believe?
What do you [C#] believe?
What do you [B] believe is true?
Nothing they say is the truth this way.
[F#] Nothing they say will do.
[A] You ain't got [E] no trouble that you have.
At least [Em] you won't have to [B] be bold.
[E] [B] At least you won't have to [B] be [Em] bold.
[D#m]
[D#] [A#m] Asshole.
[D#m]
Oh, [C#] [D#m] but sometimes
[F#] [D#m]
you've [C#] got to take the [Bm] hard aside.
[A] [C#]
[B] [D] [C#]
[B] [C#] Face it around, the skin's [Bm] all brown.
Smiling, [C#] see cream and crowds, some days a [Bm] beach.
Never allowed in your collection [D] at last.
The lunch, [Bm] food, whatever.
It's top class stuff, Billy [D] Hill [C#] stuff.
Hey, Uncle Sam [Bm] and John look quite at [D] up.
[E] Like your ass is cut, just [Em] enough to make you wanna cry.
[B]
It's just enough to make you wanna [E] cry.
[G] [D]
[D#m] Oh, [A#m]
[D#m] [C#] [D#m] [F]
[D#m] [A#m]
[D#m] sometimes you've [C#] got to take the [B] hard aside.
[B] [A]
[Gm] [B]
[A] [G]
[A#] [B] [A]
[Gm] [B]
[A] [G] [Gm] It's top class [B] [Bm] [A]
[G] [Fm] [N]
stuff, [D] Billy Hill stuff.
[F#] Bill Bay, [D] floating [C#m] sky, [B] paradise, Sydney.
Nights are warm, [C#] daytime killing, bluer in storm.
[D] That's all that is, [C#m] a bit of plunder [Bm] around Grand Football Club.
Flats, I'm getting every little big Mac [C#m] and no one [B] goes out.
Flat, flat, [D] flat, flat, flat, flat.
You can't watch it, [E] you can't watch it, please.
[Em] Better to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
[G]
It's better [B] to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
[Em]
[D#m] Oh, I will ask [A#m] for cash.
[F#] [C#] Oh, oh, [D#m]
[D#] oh, power [A#m] and the past.
[D#m] Sometimes [C#] you've got to take the [B] hard
[G#m] [B] aside.
[A] [E] [G] [B]
[A] [E] [G]
[Dm] [B] [A]
[Am] [G] [B]
[A] [Dm]
[A] [B] [A]
[D] [B]
[A]
[F] [Cm] [Dm] [Am]
[Bm] [B]
[C#] [B]
The [C] people [C#] wasted away in [B] paradise, going backwards.
Once in a [C#] while, taking my [Bm] time, give it a try.
What do you believe?
What do you [C#] believe?
What do you [B] believe is true?
Nothing they say is the truth this way.
[F#] Nothing they say will do.
[A] You ain't got [E] no trouble that you have.
At least [Em] you won't have to [B] be bold.
[E] [B] At least you won't have to [B] be [Em] bold.
[D#m]
[D#] [A#m] Asshole.
[D#m]
Oh, [C#] [D#m] but sometimes
[F#] [D#m]
you've [C#] got to take the [Bm] hard aside.
[A] [C#]
[B] [D] [C#]
[B] [C#] Face it around, the skin's [Bm] all brown.
Smiling, [C#] see cream and crowds, some days a [Bm] beach.
Never allowed in your collection [D] at last.
The lunch, [Bm] food, whatever.
It's top class stuff, Billy [D] Hill [C#] stuff.
Hey, Uncle Sam [Bm] and John look quite at [D] up.
[E] Like your ass is cut, just [Em] enough to make you wanna cry.
[B]
It's just enough to make you wanna [E] cry.
[G] [D]
[D#m] Oh, [A#m]
[D#m] [C#] [D#m] [F]
[D#m] [A#m]
[D#m] sometimes you've [C#] got to take the [B] hard aside.
[B] [A]
[Gm] [B]
[A] [G]
[A#] [B] [A]
[Gm] [B]
[A] [G] [Gm] It's top class [B] [Bm] [A]
[G] [Fm] [N]
stuff, [D] Billy Hill stuff.
[F#] Bill Bay, [D] floating [C#m] sky, [B] paradise, Sydney.
Nights are warm, [C#] daytime killing, bluer in storm.
[D] That's all that is, [C#m] a bit of plunder [Bm] around Grand Football Club.
Flats, I'm getting every little big Mac [C#m] and no one [B] goes out.
Flat, flat, [D] flat, flat, flat, flat.
You can't watch it, [E] you can't watch it, please.
[Em] Better to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
[G]
It's better [B] to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
[Em]
[D#m] Oh, I will ask [A#m] for cash.
[F#] [C#] Oh, oh, [D#m]
[D#] oh, power [A#m] and the past.
[D#m] Sometimes [C#] you've got to take the [B] hard
[G#m] [B] aside.
[A] [E] [G] [B]
[A] [E] [G]
[Dm] [B] [A]
[Am] [G] [B]
[A] [Dm]
[A] [B] [A]
[D] [B]
[A]
[F] [Cm] [Dm] [Am]
[Bm] [B]
Key:
B
C#
A
D#m
D
B
C#
A
_ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _
The [C] people [C#] wasted away in [B] paradise, going backwards.
Once in a [C#] while, taking my [Bm] time, give it a try.
What do you believe?
What do you [C#] believe?
What do you [B] believe is true?
Nothing they say is the truth this way.
[F#] Nothing they say will do.
[A] You ain't got [E] no trouble that you have.
At least [Em] you won't have to [B] be bold.
[E] _ _ [B] At least you won't have to [B] be [Em] bold.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [A#m] Asshole.
[D#m] _
Oh, [C#] _ [D#m] but sometimes _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m]
you've [C#] got to take the [Bm] hard aside.
_ [A] _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] Face it around, the skin's [Bm] all brown.
Smiling, [C#] see cream and crowds, some days a [Bm] beach.
Never allowed in your collection [D] at last.
The lunch, [Bm] food, whatever.
It's top class stuff, Billy [D] Hill [C#] stuff.
Hey, Uncle Sam [Bm] and John look quite at [D] up.
_ [E] Like your ass is cut, just [Em] enough to make you wanna cry.
[B] _ _
It's just enough to make you wanna [E] cry.
[G] _ [D] _
_ [D#m] Oh, _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] _ [F] _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ [D#m] _ sometimes you've [C#] got to take the [B] hard aside.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] It's top class _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [N] _
_ _ _ stuff, _ [D] Billy Hill stuff.
[F#] _ _ Bill Bay, [D] floating [C#m] sky, [B] paradise, _ Sydney.
Nights are warm, [C#] daytime killing, bluer in storm.
[D] That's all that is, [C#m] a bit of plunder [Bm] around Grand Football Club.
Flats, I'm getting every little big Mac [C#m] and no one [B] goes out.
Flat, flat, [D] flat, flat, flat, flat.
You can't watch it, [E] you can't watch it, please.
[Em] Better to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
_ [G] _
It's better [B] to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
[Em] _ _
_ [D#m] _ Oh, I will ask [A#m] for cash.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] Oh, oh, [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] oh, power [A#m] and the past.
_ [D#m] _ Sometimes [C#] you've got to take the [B] hard _
_ [G#m] _ [B] aside.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _
The [C] people [C#] wasted away in [B] paradise, going backwards.
Once in a [C#] while, taking my [Bm] time, give it a try.
What do you believe?
What do you [C#] believe?
What do you [B] believe is true?
Nothing they say is the truth this way.
[F#] Nothing they say will do.
[A] You ain't got [E] no trouble that you have.
At least [Em] you won't have to [B] be bold.
[E] _ _ [B] At least you won't have to [B] be [Em] bold.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [A#m] Asshole.
[D#m] _
Oh, [C#] _ [D#m] but sometimes _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m]
you've [C#] got to take the [Bm] hard aside.
_ [A] _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] Face it around, the skin's [Bm] all brown.
Smiling, [C#] see cream and crowds, some days a [Bm] beach.
Never allowed in your collection [D] at last.
The lunch, [Bm] food, whatever.
It's top class stuff, Billy [D] Hill [C#] stuff.
Hey, Uncle Sam [Bm] and John look quite at [D] up.
_ [E] Like your ass is cut, just [Em] enough to make you wanna cry.
[B] _ _
It's just enough to make you wanna [E] cry.
[G] _ [D] _
_ [D#m] Oh, _ _ [A#m] _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] _ [F] _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ [D#m] _ sometimes you've [C#] got to take the [B] hard aside.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] It's top class _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [N] _
_ _ _ stuff, _ [D] Billy Hill stuff.
[F#] _ _ Bill Bay, [D] floating [C#m] sky, [B] paradise, _ Sydney.
Nights are warm, [C#] daytime killing, bluer in storm.
[D] That's all that is, [C#m] a bit of plunder [Bm] around Grand Football Club.
Flats, I'm getting every little big Mac [C#m] and no one [B] goes out.
Flat, flat, [D] flat, flat, flat, flat.
You can't watch it, [E] you can't watch it, please.
[Em] Better to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
_ [G] _
It's better [B] to the sky and not me when I'm living on me.
[Em] _ _
_ [D#m] _ Oh, I will ask [A#m] for cash.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] Oh, oh, [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [D#] oh, power [A#m] and the past.
_ [D#m] _ Sometimes [C#] you've got to take the [B] hard _
_ [G#m] _ [B] aside.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _