Midnight Oil era una banda de rock australiana reconocida por su característico sonido hard-rock, intensas presentaciones en vivo y su abierto activismo político. "Burning the midnight oil" significa trabajar tarde en la noche, aludiendo a una lámpara de aceite. "Smells of the midnight oil" caracteriza poesía o prosa cargada con elaboradas alusiones literarias y vocabulario metafórico. The Oils, como los conocen sus seguidores, comenzaron como una banda de rock progresivo llamada Farm a comienzos de los 70s
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
(Chords written on how they are played, not musically sounded)
Intro
(w/ Opening Riff) EmDsus2EmGEmDsus2 G1 (Chorus Chord Pattern) Hey hey hey hey, There'll be food on the table tonight
(Continue Chorus Pattern) Hey hey hey hey, There'll be pay in your pocket tonight
Verse 1:
DBm My gut is wrenched out and is crunched up and broken
DBm My life that is lived is no more than a token
G2A Who'll strike the flint up on the stone and tell me why
DBm If I yell out at night, theres a reply of blue silence
DBm The screen is no comfort, I cant speak my sentence
G2A They blew the lights at heavens gate and I dont know why
Chorus : EmDsus2Em G1 And if I work all day in the blue sky mine
EmDsus2Em G1 There'll be food on the table tonight
EmDsus2Em G1 Still I walk up and down on the blue sky mine
EmDsus2Em G1 There'll be pay in my pocket tonight
Verse 2 :
The Candy Store paupers lie to the share holders They're crossing their fingers as they pay the truth makers The balance sheet is breaking up the sky So I'm caught at the junction still waiting for medicine The sweat on my brow keeps feeding the engine Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night
Bridge :
EmA And if the blue sky mining company wont come to the rescue
EmA If the sugar refining company wont save me
CG6DABm Whos gonna save me? DABm Whos gonna save me? DABm Whos gonna save me?
Chorus : But if I work all day in the blue sky mine There'll be food on the table tonight but I still walk up and down on the blue sky mine There'll be pay on your pocket tonight and some have sailed from a distant shore and the company takes what the company wants and theres nothing as precious, as a hole in the ground
Guitar Solo : In Bm pentatonic over Verse Chords Harmonica Solo: Over first half of bridge chords