Beds Are Burning Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][G][A]
[E][E]

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

[Pre-chorus 1]
The [E]time has come to [D]say "Fair's fair"
To [A]pay the rent, to [E]pay our share
The [E]time has come, a [D]fact's a fact
It be[A]longs to them, let's [F#]give it back
[E][G][A]

[Chorus 1]
[Em]How can we dance
when our [C]earth is [G]turning?
[Em]How do we sleep
while our [C]beds are [D]burning?[B]
[Em]How can we dance
when our [C]earth is [G]turning?
[Em]How do we sleep
while our [C]beds are [D]burning?
The [Em]time has come to [C]say "Fair's fair"
To [G]pay the rent now, to [D]pay our share
[E][E][E]

[Verse 2]
The [E]four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The [E]Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees

[Pre-chorus 2]
The [E]time has come to [D]say "Fair's fair"
To [A]pay the rent, to [E]pay our share
The [E]time has come, a [D]fact's a fact
It be[A]longs to them, let's give it back
[E][G][A]

[Chorus 2]
[Em]How can we dance
when our [C]earth is [G]turning?
[Em]How do we sleep
while our [C]beds are [D]burning?[B]
[Em]How can we dance
when our [C]earth is [G]turning?
[Em]How do we sleep
while our [C]beds are [D]burning?
The [Em]time has come to [C]say "Fair's fair"
To [G]pay the rent now, to [D]pay our share
The [Em]time has come, a [C]fact's a fact
It be[G]longs to them, we're gonna [D]give it back

[Chorus 3]
[Em]How can we dance
when our [C]earth is [G]turning?
[Em]How do we sleep
while our [C]beds are [D]burning
[Em][C][G][D]
[Em][C][G][D][D]
[E][G][A]
[E][G][A]