Chords for Oils on Water - 15. Harrisburg - Midnight Oil

Tempo:
142.1 bpm
Chords used:

C#

D

Bm

A#

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Oils on Water - 15. Harrisburg - Midnight Oil chords
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[E] [N]
[G]
[A]
[E] [G]
[C#] The
[D]
[C#]
[D]
[C#]
Empire [D] Rings,
[C#] the Empire's [D] got that thing.
[C#] The President's presented [D] Ambassadors a nightclub.
You [C#m] cannot get [C#] it out.
It's stuff you cannot [D] taste [Bm] or see.
[C#] It's stuff you cannot [D] smell.
[Bm]
[C#] It's stuff that's twenty [D] times as [Bm] hot as [C#] the potter's stuff [D] in hell.
[Bm]
[C#]
[D] [Bm]
[C#]
[D] [Bm]
[F#] [C#] The police said it [D] would [Bm] not blow.
The [C#] government said [D] it [Bm] might.
[C#]
In Harrisburg,
[D] [Bm] [C#m] I wonder who [C#] it is wrong.
Who can be [D] behind
[Bm] [F#] [C#]
the curtain I [A#] draw.
[Bm]
[F#] There's [C#] something I [D] must say [Bm] to you.
You [F#] [C#] can't get [D] it out.
[Bm]
[C] Harrisburg, oh [G] Harrisburg.
The wind is [A#] melting down.
[D] The people of [G] Harrisburg are getting out [A#] of town.
[D#] And when [A#] this stuff [C#] gets in, [Cm] [A#] you cannot [Am] get [C] it out.
This
[B]
[A#] [C]
[B]
[A#] [D#] [D]
stuff [C#] gets in [C]
my [A#] [A]
head.
[E] [C]
[Em]
[N]
Key:  
C#
12341114
D
1321
Bm
13421112
A#
12341111
C
3211
C#
12341114
D
1321
Bm
13421112
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To start learning Midnight Oil - (Live from Goat Island, 1985) Harrisburg chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: D, Bm, C#, D, F# and C#. Start with a comfortable 71 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 142. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of F# Minor.

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_ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ The _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _
Empire _ [D] Rings, _ _
_ _ [C#] _ the _ Empire's [D] got that thing.
[C#] The President's presented _ [D] Ambassadors a nightclub.
You [C#m] _ cannot get [C#] it out.
It's _ stuff you _ cannot [D] taste [Bm] or see.
[C#] It's stuff you _ cannot [D] smell.
_ [Bm] _
_ [C#] It's stuff that's twenty [D] _ times as [Bm] hot as [C#] the _ potter's stuff [D] in hell.
[Bm] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [F#] [C#] The police said it [D] would [Bm] not blow.
The [C#] government _ said [D] it [Bm] might.
_ _ [C#] _
_ In Harrisburg, _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] I wonder _ who [C#] it is wrong. _ _ _
Who can be [D] behind _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
the curtain I [A#] draw.
[Bm] _
_ [F#] There's [C#] something I [D] must say [Bm] to you.
You [F#] [C#] can't _ get [D] it out.
_ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] _ Harrisburg, oh [G] Harrisburg.
The wind is [A#] melting down.
[D] The people of _ [G] Harrisburg are getting out [A#] of town.
[D#] And when [A#] this stuff [C#] gets in, [Cm] _ _ [A#] you cannot [Am] _ get [C] it out. _ _ _ _ _
_ This _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [D]
stuff [C#] gets in [C]
my _ [A#] _ _ _ [A]
head.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was featured on the Best of Both Worlds - Oils on the Water album.

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