Beds Are Burning Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][D5][Am][F][C][D5][G][Am][F]
[G][Am][C]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Out where the river [Am]broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

[Verse 2]
[Am]The time has come
[C]To [Am]say fair's fair
To pay the [D]rent
[Am]To pay our share
The time has come
[C]A f[Am]act's a fact
[C]It be[Am]longs to them
[C]Let's [B]give it back
[Am][C][D5][D][Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]How can we dance when our
[F]earth is [C]turning[D][G]
[Am]How do we sleep while our [F]beds are burning
[G]How[G#] can [Am]we dance
when our [F]earth is turning
[C]How[D] do[G] we[Am] sleep
while our [F]beds are burning
[G]

[Verse 4]
[Am]The time has come
[F]To say fair's fair
To [C]pay the rent, now
To [G]pay our share

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am]
[B]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

[Verse 6]
The [Am]time has come
[C]To [Am]say fair's fair
[C]To pay[Am] the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
[C]A f[Am]act's a fact
[C]It be[Am]longs to them
[B]Let's give it [Am]back[C]
[D5][D][Am]

[Verse 7]
How can we dance
when our [F]earth is turning
[C]How[D] do[Am] we sleep while
our [F]beds are burning
[G]How[G#] can [Am]we dance when
our [F]earth is [C]turning[D][G]
[Am]How do we sleep while our [F]beds are burning
[G]

[Verse 8]
[Am]The time has come
[F]To say fair's fair
To [C]pay the rent, now
To [G]pay our share
[Am]The time has come
[F]A fact's a fact
It be[C]longs to them
We're gonna [G]give it back

[Verse 9]
[Am]How can we dance when our
[F]earth is [C]turning[D][G]
[Am]How do we sleep while our [F]beds are b[G]urning

[Outro 1]
[G#]
[Am][F][C][G][Am][F][C][G]
[Am][C][D5][Am][C][Am]