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The Barka-Darling River

Midnight Oil


Riff1 A BG A CG x4:

Verse1 A     A BG A CG:
Standing in the house of the founding fathers
It's a house that's not been well looked after
Now there's a fatal flaw in the mighty rafters
There's a rule of law  - written by the cotton masters

Riff2 A DA C#G# BF#  A DA G#C# F#B:
 
Verse2 A     A BG A CG:
I took my place  - at the Murray Darling chamber
I saw no friendly face - I was a stranger
There was a secret plan - a plan to hasten slowly
There was a show of hands - and I was on my only

Riff2 A DA C#G# BF#  A DA G#C# F#B:
No other place on Earth
No other place on Earth

AA E E E E
AA E E E E

A        D         A       D
What you see is an act of terror, 
    A       D              E
the bush surrenders to the ball and chain
       Bm            E        Bm              E
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone

A           D            A       D
High as the banks of the Darling River
A          D          E
dry as the bed of the inland sea
       Bm            E        Bm              E
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone

A           D            A       D
Hard as the rocks of the endless gibber
A           D            E 
Deep as the roots of the mallee tree
       Bm            E        Bm              E
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone

A           D            A       D
All that's left is a tiny glimmer 
       A             D         E
of the days when the river was running free
       Bm            E        Bm              G
As the world becomes one, the country comes undone

e-d-c-b-a-g Am C G x3

G C G G
C   D  

G C G G
C   D   D

                           G   Gsus G
Who left the bag of idiots open?
                             G Gsus G
Who drank the bottle of bad ideas?
                                C       D
Who drew the last drop from the bottom?
           C                     G Gsus G
Good people   Good people are forgotten

                                  G Gsus G
Let's shake some truth out of the jar
                                  G Gsus G
Let's kick the crooks out of the kitchen
                               C    D
We'll tell some stories at the bar
           C                     G Gsus G bb ee gg
Good people   Good people are forgotten

Am                       D
   Sister Mary plays her mystery train
G                   D
   In a town at the end of a railway line
Am                       D
   Sister Mary plays her mystery train
G                   D
   In a town at the end of a railway line


                               G Gsus G
So shake some truth out of the jar
                               G Gsus G
It's a battle of blurry edges
                        C         D
There's a famine of compassion
            C                    G      D
Good people   Good people are forgotten
            C                    G      D
Good people   Good people are forgotten
 
           C                    G
Good people   Good people are forgotten

e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G

e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                 Good people are forgotten

e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G

e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                         Good       peop-le
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                 Good people are forgotten

e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                         Good       peop-le
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                 Good people are forgotten

e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                         Good       peop-le
e-d-c-b-a-g Am Am     C  C          G
                 Good people are forgotten

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