Oils

From luko@informatik.uni-rostock.de (Kai Lukoschek)

Subject: RIVER RUNS RED - Oils

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H stands for B in America

h stands for Bm.

c stands for Cm.

cis stands for C#m.

Cis stands for C#... and so on.



The notation C(g" f" e" d" c") means you play C major plus the line

g" f" e" d" c", where g" means the note g on the upper E string etc.



RIVER RUNS RED - Midnight Oil



(The numbers stand for the fret, of course.

Capital letters stand for Major chords, the small ones stand for

minor,i.e. "a" is "Am" or "cis" is "Cm#".)



e----------0-------             -------3--------

H--------0---0-----             -------0--------

G------2-------2---   3 times   -------2--------

D----1-----------1-             -------1--------

A--2---------------             -------2--------

E------------------             ----------------





|: e a F C G D H :|    (a few times)





        e                      a   F C

So you cut all the tall trees down

     G                        D   H

You poisened the sky and the sea

        e                           a     F C

You've taken what's good from the ground

         G                        D   H

But you left precious little for me





        e                       a   F C

You remember the flood and the fall

       G                      D    H

We remember the light on the hill

        e                      a  F C

There should be enough for us all

         G                     D    G D

But the dollar is driving us still



                a

The river runs red, black rain falls

            G

Dust in my hand

            F

River runs red, black rain falls

G                 D

  On my bleeding land





       e                       a    F C

So we came and conquered and found

 G                     D    H

Riches of commons and kings

       e                         a    F C

Who strangled and wrestled the ground

          G                  D    H

But they never put back anything

          e                      a    F C

Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage

     G                     D     H

Whereever the truth is pursued

    e                        a  F C

It must be the curse of the age

        G                 D     G D

What's taken is never renewed





            a

River runs red...

            a       F C G D

River runs red...  land

F C G D    F C G D   F C G D

Land       Land      Land

            a

River runs red...

                a

The river runs red...











That's it.

Take care.

Kai.

luko@informatik.uni-rostock.de