Chords for Oils on Water - 2. When The Generals Talk - Midnight Oil

_ _ This song is especially for those people who are sitting on the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast or the Cannabis Coast or the Cane Coast or the Watch It Disappear Daintry Coast or whatever
and are a little concerned about the disappearance of natural things.
And I'll introduce Mr Robert Hurst to sojourn us ever so pleasantly for it.
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_ _ [G] Out there, out there, out there [E] on the platform he is speaking [Eb] to the people
[Bm] The people are the one in, [F] with clapper and [Eb] in cheering
[B] The meaning of [Dm] the message, the filter those [Eb] assemble
[B] Taken for a [Dm] ride, taken in [Bm] his slide
When the General's talk, you better listen to him
When the General's talk, you better do what he says
When the General's talk, you better listen to him
When the General's talk, you [E] better do what he says
[Gbm] _ Summer _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ in the Rankings, one fucking insurrection
_ General has a purge, he wants [Eb] to win [B] election
[D] Certain satisfaction, the [Eb] people are a [E]-peeing
Come live the revolution
_ _ _ General's very pleased
When the [Bm] General's talk, you better listen to him
When the General's talk, you [Em] better do what he says
[Bm] When the General's talk, you [D] better listen to him
[Bm]
When the General's talk, you better do what he says
[F] Sitting on the fence, [E] hoping to get to the [A] ground
[F] The fat [Abm] cat still [E] pulls his pen caps around
[F] Sitting on [Abm] the fence, hoping to get to the ground
[F] The fat [Abm] cat still [Ab] pulls his pen caps [F] around
Sitting on [Abm] the fence, hoping to get to the [Dm] ground
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_ [D] _ [Eb] _ [E] _ to the new _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] strat of Australian [G] diplomacy and philosophy.
[Gbm] As long as you can [Db] offend no one
and satisfy [Em] the people who've got the [B] most money, you stay in government.
[Em]
Well, we don't
like those [Bm] kind of governments in Australia.
[Em] Those [D] governments that don't [G] care about young
[D] Australians.
Those [Em] governments that don't care about nuclear [Gbm] weapons.
Those governments
that don't [E] care about the [Bm] resource and the environment.
[E] Those governments [N] that don't
care about anything else other than the city will say some power.
_ [G] When the General's top, you better listen to him.
When the [Gb] General's top, you better do what you say.
[G] When the General's top, you better listen to him.
When the [F] General's top, you better [Bm] do what you say.
When the General's top, you better listen to him.
When the General's top, you [Em] better do what you say.
[Bm] When the General's top, when the General's top, when the General's top, you [D] better listen to him.
[G] _ [Gb] _ [Em] _ _ [D] Alright, _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ diligent supporters of the Post Office. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ This is pretty sensational up here actually
out the back and _ I know it's not swimmable in.
Oh hello, a few yachts people.
How come
you've called your yacht the lady?
There's some people down here who've called their
yacht the bloody lady.
Oh, dead set. _ _ _ _
Although I know, _ I know, you just had a good real estate
deal and you're [Ab] waiting to paint the name over and put [Gm] something else in it [B] like Sir
Alan Bondette.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ We understand, we can sympathise.
We've got our own non-moving yacht right here
in the middle. _ _ _ _ _