Chords for Midnight Oil - Short Memory (triple j Live At The Wireless - Goat Island 1985)
Tempo:
103.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
E
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [G]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [D] [E]
[G] [D] [B]
[G] [D]
[E] [G] [D]
[B] [G] [D]
[E] [G] [E] [G]
[E]
[D] [E] [G] [D] [E]
[C] [E] [G] [D] [E]
[G] [E] The [G] conquistador of [Bm] Mexico,
[C] [Em] the Zulu and the Navajo,
[C] [E] the [G] Belgians [D] in the [E] Congo, [G] short [E] memory.
[G]
[C] [Em] Punish another radiar, the rotten British India,
[D] [E] the [G] dead line in South [E] Africa, [G]
short [E] memory.
[G] The [D] [E] [G] story of El [Bm] Salvador,
[D] [E] the [G] silence of [Em] Hiroshima,
[D] [E] [G] destruction of [E] Cambodia, [C]
short [B] memory.
[G] [D]
[B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a [E] short [G] [D] memory.
[B] Short [G] memory must [D] have [E] a [G] short [D]
memory.
[F#m] [Bm] [F#]
[F#m] [Bm] [Em] Signed up motels back in the day,
signed up motels at [C] Nesrock,
[E] with [G] running water, [D] [E] specially [G] bought, short [Em] memory.
A smallish man, Afghanistan,
[C] [E] a once [G] darkened [D] and [Em] nervous land,
they're only there [D] to let [E] the [G] hands [D] of [Em] memory fly by there.
Sacred smile, you'll live right,
you'll go to sleep if you can stop.
And in the morning, [D] say [E] those kids [G] have short [Bm] memory.
[G]
[D] [B] Short [G] memory [D] must have a [E] short [G]
[D] memory.
[B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a [E] [G]
short [D] memory.
[B] [G] Short memory must [D] have a [E] short
[G] [D] memory.
[F#]
[Em] [F#] [F#m]
[Em]
[F#]
[E] [Em]
[C]
[Em]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Bm]
[Em]
Short
[D]
[Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [Em]
[B] [G] [D]
[B] [G] memory [D] must have [E] [G] [D]
[B] a [G] short memory.
[D]
[E] [G] [D] If you read up history [B] books,
see the [F] same things happen again and again.
Short memory must have a [Bm]
[B] [G] short memory.
[D] Short
[E] [G] [D] memory [B] [G] [D] must have a short memory.
[N]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [D] [E]
[G] [D] [B]
[G] [D]
[E] [G] [D]
[B] [G] [D]
[E] [G] [E] [G]
[E]
[D] [E] [G] [D] [E]
[C] [E] [G] [D] [E]
[G] [E] The [G] conquistador of [Bm] Mexico,
[C] [Em] the Zulu and the Navajo,
[C] [E] the [G] Belgians [D] in the [E] Congo, [G] short [E] memory.
[G]
[C] [Em] Punish another radiar, the rotten British India,
[D] [E] the [G] dead line in South [E] Africa, [G]
short [E] memory.
[G] The [D] [E] [G] story of El [Bm] Salvador,
[D] [E] the [G] silence of [Em] Hiroshima,
[D] [E] [G] destruction of [E] Cambodia, [C]
short [B] memory.
[G] [D]
[B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a [E] short [G] [D] memory.
[B] Short [G] memory must [D] have [E] a [G] short [D]
memory.
[F#m] [Bm] [F#]
[F#m] [Bm] [Em] Signed up motels back in the day,
signed up motels at [C] Nesrock,
[E] with [G] running water, [D] [E] specially [G] bought, short [Em] memory.
A smallish man, Afghanistan,
[C] [E] a once [G] darkened [D] and [Em] nervous land,
they're only there [D] to let [E] the [G] hands [D] of [Em] memory fly by there.
Sacred smile, you'll live right,
you'll go to sleep if you can stop.
And in the morning, [D] say [E] those kids [G] have short [Bm] memory.
[G]
[D] [B] Short [G] memory [D] must have a [E] short [G]
[D] memory.
[B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a [E] [G]
short [D] memory.
[B] [G] Short memory must [D] have a [E] short
[G] [D] memory.
[F#]
[Em] [F#] [F#m]
[Em]
[F#]
[E] [Em]
[C]
[Em]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Bm]
[Em]
Short
[D]
[Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [Em]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [Em]
[B] [G] [D]
[B] [G] memory [D] must have [E] [G] [D]
[B] a [G] short memory.
[D]
[E] [G] [D] If you read up history [B] books,
see the [F] same things happen again and again.
Short memory must have a [Bm]
[B] [G] short memory.
[D] Short
[E] [G] [D] memory [B] [G] [D] must have a short memory.
[N]
Key:
G
D
E
Em
B
G
D
E
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[C] _ [E] _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[G] [E] The [G] conquistador of [Bm] Mexico, _
[C] [Em] the Zulu and the Navajo,
[C] [E] the [G] Belgians [D] in the [E] Congo, [G] short [E] memory.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Em] Punish another radiar, the rotten British India, _
[D] [E] the [G] dead line in South [E] Africa, [G]
short [E] memory.
[G] _ _ The [D] _ [E] [G] story of El [Bm] Salvador, _
[D] [E] the [G] silence of [Em] Hiroshima, _
[D] _ [E] [G] destruction of [E] Cambodia, [C]
short [B] memory.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a _ [E] short [G] _ [D] memory.
_ [B] Short [G] memory must [D] have [E] a [G] short _ [D]
memory.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] Signed up motels back in the day,
_ signed up motels at _ [C] Nesrock,
[E] with [G] running water, [D] [E] specially [G] bought, short [Em] memory. _
_ _ _ A smallish man, Afghanistan,
_ [C] [E] a once [G] darkened [D] and [Em] nervous land,
they're only there [D] to let [E] the [G] hands [D] of [Em] memory fly by there.
_ Sacred smile, you'll live right,
you'll go to sleep if you can stop.
_ And in the morning, [D] say [E] those kids [G] have short [Bm] memory.
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [B] Short [G] memory [D] must have a [E] short [G] _
_ [D] memory.
_ [B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a [E] _ [G]
short [D] memory.
_ [B] [G] Short memory must [D] have a [E] short _
[G] _ [D] memory.
_ [F#] _ _
_ [Em] _ [F#] _ [F#m] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Short _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] memory [D] must have _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[B] a [G] short memory.
[D] _ _
[E] _ _ [G] [D] If you read up history [B] books,
see the [F] same things happen again and again.
_ Short memory must have a [Bm] _
[B] _ [G] short memory.
[D] Short _
[E] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ memory [B] _ _ [G] [D] must have a short memory.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[C] _ [E] _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[G] [E] The [G] conquistador of [Bm] Mexico, _
[C] [Em] the Zulu and the Navajo,
[C] [E] the [G] Belgians [D] in the [E] Congo, [G] short [E] memory.
[G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Em] Punish another radiar, the rotten British India, _
[D] [E] the [G] dead line in South [E] Africa, [G]
short [E] memory.
[G] _ _ The [D] _ [E] [G] story of El [Bm] Salvador, _
[D] [E] the [G] silence of [Em] Hiroshima, _
[D] _ [E] [G] destruction of [E] Cambodia, [C]
short [B] memory.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a _ [E] short [G] _ [D] memory.
_ [B] Short [G] memory must [D] have [E] a [G] short _ [D]
memory.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _
[F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] Signed up motels back in the day,
_ signed up motels at _ [C] Nesrock,
[E] with [G] running water, [D] [E] specially [G] bought, short [Em] memory. _
_ _ _ A smallish man, Afghanistan,
_ [C] [E] a once [G] darkened [D] and [Em] nervous land,
they're only there [D] to let [E] the [G] hands [D] of [Em] memory fly by there.
_ Sacred smile, you'll live right,
you'll go to sleep if you can stop.
_ And in the morning, [D] say [E] those kids [G] have short [Bm] memory.
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [B] Short [G] memory [D] must have a [E] short [G] _
_ [D] memory.
_ [B] [G] Short memory [D] must have a [E] _ [G]
short [D] memory.
_ [B] [G] Short memory must [D] have a [E] short _
[G] _ [D] memory.
_ [F#] _ _
_ [Em] _ [F#] _ [F#m] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Short _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ [G] memory [D] must have _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[B] a [G] short memory.
[D] _ _
[E] _ _ [G] [D] If you read up history [B] books,
see the [F] same things happen again and again.
_ Short memory must have a [Bm] _
[B] _ [G] short memory.
[D] Short _
[E] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ memory [B] _ _ [G] [D] must have a short memory.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _