Songbook

 

Beds are burning

Midnight Oil
Von dem Album "Diesel and dust" 1987
Benutzte Akkorde

  Akkorde Beds are burning

Intro: E - G - A

Verse 1:
E
Out where the river broke the bloodwood and the desert oak
E
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels steam in forty five degrees
E
The time has come
     D
To say fair's fair
     A
To pay the rent
    E
To pay our share
      E
The time has come
   D
A fact's a fact
   A
It belongs to them
        F#               E - G - A
Let's give it back

Refrain:
Em                                        C                 G 
How can we dance when our earth is turning 
Em                                    C                      D
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
Em                            C                   G                             D
The time has come to say fairs fair to pay the rent, now to pay our share

Verse 2:
E
Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore East to Yuendemu
E
The western desert lives and breathes In forty five degrees
E
The time has come
     D
To say fair's fair
     A
To pay the rent
    E
To pay our share
      E
The time has come
   D
A fact's a fact
   A
It belongs to them
        F#               E - G - A
Let's give it back

Refrain:
Em                                        C                 G 
How can we dance when our earth is turning 
Em                                    C                      D
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
Em                            C                   G                             D
The time has come to say fairs fair to pay the rent, now to pay our share
Em                          C                         G                        D
The time has come a fact's a fact it belongs to them let's 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

Outro: Em - C - G - D (2x)  E - G - A (2x)

zurück

 

  Telefon   0 72 32 / 36 43 84 8

E-Mail  M.Ossmann@t-online.de

Datum der letzten Änderung: 12.06.00