Midnight Oil are an influential alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and environmentalism and their 1987 worldwide hit single "Beds Are Burning". For most of their career, the band consisted of Peter Garrett (vocals), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards), Martin Rotsey (guitar), Bones Hillman (bass, vocals) and Rob Hirst (drums).
The band split in 2002 to allow Garrett to focus on his political career.
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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Beds Are Burning chords Midnight Oil
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E Out where the river broke, the bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels, steam in forty five degrees
ED The time has come, to say fair's fair; AE to pay the rent, to pay our share ED The time has come, a fact's a fact; AF# it belongs to them, let's give it back
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EmCG How can we dance when our earth is turning? EmCD How do we sleep while our beds are burning? EmCG How can we dance when our earth is turning? EmCD How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
EmC The time has come to say fairs fair, GD to pay the rent, now to pay our share
E Four wheels scare the cockatoos, from Kintore East to Yuendemu The western desert lives and breathes, in forty five degrees
ED The time has come, to say fair's fair; AE to pay the rent, to pay our share ED The time has come, a fact's a fact; AE it belongs to them, let's give it back
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EmCG How can we dance when our earth is turning? EmCD How do we sleep while our beds are burning? EmCG How can we dance when our earth is turning? EmCD How do we sleep while our beds are burning? ED The time has come, to say fair's fair; AE to pay the rent, to pay our share ED The time has come, a fact's a fact; AE it belongs to them, let's give it back
EmCG How can we dance when our earth is turning? EmCD How do we sleep while our beds are burning?