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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4BEDS ARE BURNING by Midnight Oil INTRO chords: E(no 3rd) G A then build up on E(no 3rd) Drums and Bass Riff: (written for normal guitar) e-|--------------------------|--------------------------| B-|--------------------------|--------------------------| G-|--------------------------|--------------------------| D-|--------------------------|--------------------------| A-|--------------------------|--------------------------| E-|--0--0--6--7--0--0--6--7--|--0--0--4--5--0--0--3--2--| [VERSE 1:] Out where the river broke The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty five degrees E E The time has come E D/E D/E To say fair's fair D/E A/E A/E To pay the rent A/E E E To pay our share E E The time has come E D/E D/E A fact's a fact D/E A/E A/E It belongs to them A/E F# Let's give it back [CHORUS:] (little riff) Em C G E -----3--3--3--5----3 How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D B/D# How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C G E -----3--3--3--5----3 How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D How do we sleep while our beds are burning [END-CHORUS] Em C The time has come to say fairs fair G D to pay the rent, now to pay our share [LAST VERSE:] Four wheels scare the cockatoos >From Kintore East to Yuendemu The western desert lives and breathes In forty five degrees [Chorus] END-CHORUS: HALF of CHORUS: then horn solo over end-chorus chords: [END:] E(no 3rd) G A ... E(no 3rd) G A (slide down on notes) CHORDS: E(no 3rd): 079900 E : 07999x D/E : 0777xx A/E : 077655 F# : 244322 Em : 022000 C : 032010 D : xx0232 G : 320003 A : x02220 B/D# : x6444x