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Midnight Oil

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[INTRO - Acoustic Guitar]
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[INTRO - 12-String Guitar]
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[INTRO - Full Band]
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Em  C   G
        We've got the green light

Em  C   G           D
        We're gonna dynamite

Em  C   G                Em  C   G
        A world heritage site



Em  C   G
        Scientific recourse

Em  C   G              D
        Try to keep it so short

Em  C   G
        Hey, never read the details

Am  C   G
        Said it needs protection

Am  C   G
        But we've got elections

Am  C   G              Em  C   G
        Coal-fired erections



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Em  C   G
        We're gonna make it pay

Em  C   G           D
        We'll do it our way

Em  C   G               Em  C   G
     So how about a railway?



    Bm
The sky is a mirror

    Em
The sea and the breeze

    A
The sky is a mirror

        Am
Of self-interest and greed



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Em  C   G
     It really fits with our brand

Em  C   G                D
        Lumps of coal in our hand

Em  C   G                   Em  C   G
        Welcome to tomorrow land



Em  C   G
        Environmental injury

Em  C   G             D
        Trashing our ecology

Em  C   G
        So simply valedictory

Am  C   G
        Coral reefs are history

Am  C   G                   Am  C   G
        Bring on the artillery



   Bm
It doesn't belong to the government

   Em
It doesn't belong to the mine

     A
It belongs to the people

Am
People like you and I



[G  O - Acoustic and Electric Guitar]
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[G  O - Electric Guitar]
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Em    C                       D                  Em  C   G
  The sky is a mirror of self-interest and greed



Em  C   G                  D
        Take them down and throw them out

Em  C   G
        Vote them in and vote them out

Am  C   G
     Consign them to purgatory

Am  C   G
        Cash on delivery

Am  C   G                    Am  C   G
    All coral reefs are history


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Composition: James Moginie

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