Biography:
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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Other songs:
- Beds Are Burning
- Us Forces
- Antarctica
- Arctic World
- Bedlam Bridge
- Best Of Both Worlds
- Bird Noises
- Blue Sky Mine
- Bullroarer
- Bushfire
- E
- Forgotten Years
- Golden Age
- Hercules
- Home
- Im The Cure
- In The Valley
- King Of The Mountain
- Knifes Edge
- Koala Sprint
- Kosciusko
- Lucky Country
- Luritja Way
- Mountains Of Burma
- One Country
- Outbreak Of Love
- Shakers And Movers
- Sleep
- Stars Of Warburton
- Tell Me The Truth
- The Dead Heart
- The Real Thing
- Truganini
- Under The Overpass
- Warakurna
- Wedding Cake Island
- Whoa
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[Intro]
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A A
[Verse 1]
A
I, I was
F#m Em A
I was shaken down in a toy town
A
He, he's out there
F#m Em A
You know it's Kennedy's shadow from White Cross to Michigan
A
ATMs in the air
F#m Em A
Oh yeah, machines, they are spinning out everywhere
D
The speaker is speaking, can you hear the sound?
The listener is listening as he hits the ground
F#m C#7
The medium or the message but there's no-one around
[Chorus]
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were waiting for me
A A
[Verse 2]
A
We were dancing, we were dancing on the plain
F#m Em A
Were looking through the window, didn't see any buffalo there
A
We got our pipe dreams, they went up in smoke dreams
F#m Em A
Burn it clean in the climate control of your hypermart malls
A
Don't want to talk about Elvis Presley
Don't want to see his white shoes walkin'
F#m Em A
Around and around and around and around over here
D
The press baron's acting up the mainframes are down
The newspapers crawling around on the ground
F#m C#7
The medium or the message still there's no-one around
[Chorus]
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were waiting for me
[Bridge]
C Am
Over the hills and mountains we go
G F C G
So far so far away
C Am
For the ring of the axe on the ironbark
G F C G
For the smell of the wallaby stew
A D A F#m
From the golden reefs to the sandstone cliffs
E G D E
Came the sheep pens of the mallee plain
A D A F#m
The wind blew the soil to the Orient
E G D
We'll be shouting to the skies again
[Chorus]
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were waiting for me
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were living in me, raining down on me
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were washing down on me
[Outro]
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B|-----2-----3---5-----------------|
G|-------2-------------2----0--2---|
D|---4-----4---4-----2----2--------|
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E|---------------------------------|
A A
[Verse 1]
A
I, I was
F#m Em A
I was shaken down in a toy town
A
He, he's out there
F#m Em A
You know it's Kennedy's shadow from White Cross to Michigan
A
ATMs in the air
F#m Em A
Oh yeah, machines, they are spinning out everywhere
D
The speaker is speaking, can you hear the sound?
The listener is listening as he hits the ground
F#m C#7
The medium or the message but there's no-one around
[Chorus]
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were waiting for me
A A
[Verse 2]
A
We were dancing, we were dancing on the plain
F#m Em A
Were looking through the window, didn't see any buffalo there
A
We got our pipe dreams, they went up in smoke dreams
F#m Em A
Burn it clean in the climate control of your hypermart malls
A
Don't want to talk about Elvis Presley
Don't want to see his white shoes walkin'
F#m Em A
Around and around and around and around over here
D
The press baron's acting up the mainframes are down
The newspapers crawling around on the ground
F#m C#7
The medium or the message still there's no-one around
[Chorus]
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were waiting for me
[Bridge]
C Am
Over the hills and mountains we go
G F C G
So far so far away
C Am
For the ring of the axe on the ironbark
G F C G
For the smell of the wallaby stew
A D A F#m
From the golden reefs to the sandstone cliffs
E G D E
Came the sheep pens of the mallee plain
A D A F#m
The wind blew the soil to the Orient
E G D
We'll be shouting to the skies again
[Chorus]
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were waiting for me
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were living in me, raining down on me
F#m D F#m E F#m D F#m E
I couldn't believe
F#m A Esus4 E
I couldn't believe the stars of Warburton
F#m D E G
Were washing down on me
[Outro]
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(repeat and fade out)
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