Bullroarer by Midnight Oil
from the album "Diesel and Dust"
INTRO and VERSE chord sequence:
[B] [C#m] [D] [A] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
CHORUS:
A B C#m (with E at the very end)
LYRICS:
[B]in the desert in the dry
before the breaking of the rain
the temperature in the shade
had reached a hu[Em]ndred and ten [C]aga[G]in[D]
[B]in the desert in the dry
on the overland telegraph line
don't take the law into your own hands
don't go l[Em]ooking for a fight[C][G][D]
[A]nah nah nah nah[A],
[B] I've heard the bullr[C#m]oarers[E]
(intro chords)
in the desert, in the dry
some sit so high
long day's mile and the
radio crackles and the b[Em]ones bleached white[C][G][D]
it's a knock-em-down storm
see the tin roof shake
wild dog howls and the long grass
whistles and the [Em]tall trees break[C][G][D]
[A]nah nah nah nah[A],
[B] I've seen the wild [C#m]horses[E]
I've heard the bullr[A]oarers
[B] I've seen the wild [C#m]horses[E]
(Intro chords) x4
etc...
p.s. I play the B chord throughout the verse, muted with my right hand.
p.p.s. there's a little solo-thing in a couple of the verses... here it is:
and at the end:
then:
Jonathan Hart
Oils@total.net
from the album "Diesel and Dust"
INTRO and VERSE chord sequence:
[B] [C#m] [D] [A] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
CHORUS:
A B C#m (with E at the very end)
LYRICS:
[B]in the desert in the dry
before the breaking of the rain
the temperature in the shade
had reached a hu[Em]ndred and ten [C]aga[G]in[D]
[B]in the desert in the dry
on the overland telegraph line
don't take the law into your own hands
don't go l[Em]ooking for a fight[C][G][D]
[A]nah nah nah nah[A],
[B] I've heard the bullr[C#m]oarers[E]
(intro chords)
in the desert, in the dry
some sit so high
long day's mile and the
radio crackles and the b[Em]ones bleached white[C][G][D]
it's a knock-em-down storm
see the tin roof shake
wild dog howls and the long grass
whistles and the [Em]tall trees break[C][G][D]
[A]nah nah nah nah[A],
[B] I've seen the wild [C#m]horses[E]
I've heard the bullr[A]oarers
[B] I've seen the wild [C#m]horses[E]
(Intro chords) x4
etc...
p.s. I play the B chord throughout the verse, muted with my right hand.
p.p.s. there's a little solo-thing in a couple of the verses... here it is:
e-|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--2----4-5---0----2----232---0----2----4-5---0-----------------|
E-|-----------------2---------------2-----------------------------|
and at the end:
e-|---------------------------|
B-|---------------------------|
G-|--2-4-2--------------------|
D-|--------4-0---0-2-0--------|
A-|--------------------4-2----|
E-|---------------------------|
then:
e-|----------------------------------------------|
B-|----------------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------|
A-|--4--0-----4-0----2----4-5-4-0----2----232----|
E-|--------2-----202-------------202-------------| etc...
Jonathan Hart
Oils@total.net
