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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil Note: It's hard to play along with the original song, because Midnight Oil's tuning is not exactly usual standard tuning. Most of the song there's no guitar playing, but you can play along with these chords as well. I would prefer power chords then. [chords] E G A [Bass Riff] (play over whole Verses and Pre-Chorus) G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--0--0--6--7--0--0--6--7--|--0--0--4--5--0--0--3--2--| [Verse 1] (Drums & Bass) (on E) Out where the river broke The blood wood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty five degrees [Pre-Chorus] (Drums, Bass, Keys) E D The time has come, to say fair's fair A E To pay the rent, to pay our share E D The time has come, a fact's a fact A F# (Guitar, single hit) E G A It belongs to them, let's give it back [Chorus] Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D (Bass: slide up to D# at the end) How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D How do we sleep while our beds are burning Ending: Em C The time has come to say fair's fair, G D to pay the rent now, to pay our share [Bridge] Little horn solo over Bass Riff [x2] [Verse 2] (Drums & Bass) Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore East to Yuendemu The western desert lives and breathes In forty five degrees [Pre-Chorus] (with little drum solo at the end) E D The time has come, to say fair's fair A E To pay the rent, to pay our share E D The time has come, a fact's a fact A F# (Guitar, single hit) E G A It belongs to them, let's give it back [Chorus] Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D (Bass: slide up to D# at the end) How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D How do we sleep while our beds are burning [Ending] Em C The time has come to say fair's fair, G D to pay the rent now, to pay our share Em C The time has come, a fact's a fact, G D it belongs to them, we're gonna give it back Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D How do we sleep while our beds are burning [Horn Solo] Em / C / G / D Em / C / G / D E G A (little break) E G A (slide down)