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Hercules

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Bminor

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1/100

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 100Position: 7

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Bm7: x20202
D6:  xx0202
E9:  020102
B           Bsus B      B            Bsus B        E         A
E |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7----0---0-0---0-| 
B |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7----4b5-4-2-0-2-| 
G |8-8-8-8-8---9-9--8---8-8-8-8-8--9-9--8------------2-2-| 
D |9-9-9-9-9---9-9--9---9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9--------------2-| 
A |9-9-9-9-9---7-7--9---9-9-9-9-9--7-7--9--------------0-| 
E |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7--------------0-| 
E |B------------Bsus-----B---------B--------Bsus-----B------------E0--A0 
B |4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-0-------4-4-4-4-5-4--2-0---------0--2 
G |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2-----4-4-4-4-4-4------2-------1--2 
D |---------------------------------------------------2--2 
A |---------------------------------------------------2--0 
E |---------------------------------------------------0--0
1ST VERSE 
F#My life is a valuable thing 
F#I want to keep it that way 
BI won't crEy 
F#My life's such a valuable thing 
F#Some things don't fade away 
BI don't miEnd 
F#      F#sus
F#      F#sus
2ND VERSE 
F#We give the best we can give 
F#We won't forget we can't forgive 
BKeep us radioacEtive free 
F#Strike a bell in Hiroshima park 
F#You know that we can't see in the dark 
BWe try & we try & we try..E. 
CHORUS 
AWho waits for the planes to come 
AWhen everybody's got you on the run E  
      D                 Dmajb5 
South Pacific carry on 
F#      F#sus
F#      F#sus
3RD VERSE 
F#It seems to me that what we're saying 
F#Nobody wants to talk about 
BThis is no time to be wondEering why 
F#I do the best I can do 
F#The human jungle and the global zoo 
BI'll find my way it's a very Especial world 
CHORUS 
AWhy wait for the planes to come 
AWhen everybody's got us on the run E  
South DPacific carry on 
AHere comes the Hercules 
AHere comes the submarines E  
        D                       Dmajb5 
Sinking South Pacific dreams 
Intro to Solo 
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E |-----------------------------|
B |-----------------------------| 
G |-----------------------------| 
D |-----------------------------| 
A |----444-222-4----444-222-4---| 
E |-22-------------22-----------| 
Solo (something like this!) over F# 
E |----------------------------------------------------------| 
B |----------------------------------------------------------| 
G |----------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------| 
A |----------------------------------------------------------| 
E |-0-4/5-4-2-0-0-4/5-4-2-0-2-0--0-4/5-4-2-0-0-4/5-4-2-0-2-0-| 
E |-----------------| 
B |-----------------| 
G |-----------------| 
D |----4-2---2------|            Play this twice 
A |2-5-----5--5-4-2-| 
E |-----------------| 
E |----------------| 
B |3-2-------------| 
G |----4-2-1-------| 
D |----------4-2---| 
A |----------------| 
E |----------------|
 B   Bsus   B   Bsus           BPlay Twice 
AThis is something I will Bm7rememD6ber 
AThis is something I will Bm7rememD6ber 
AThis is something I will Bm7rememD6ber 
Bm7RememE9ber 
Bm7RememGber 
CHORUS 
AWhy wait for the planes to come 
AWhen everybody's got us on the run E  
South DPacific carry on 
AHere comes the Hercules 
AHere comes the submarineEs 
        D                       Dmajb5 
Sinking South Pacific dreams 
B Bsus B Bsus B

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Hercules

by Midnight Oil

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bsus

F#sus

Bm7

Bm7: x20202

D6: xx0202

E9: 020102

B Bsus B B Bsus B E A

E |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7----0---0-0---0-|

B |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7----4b5-4-2-0-2-|

G |8-8-8-8-8---9-9--8---8-8-8-8-8--9-9--8------------2-2-|

D |9-9-9-9-9---9-9--9---9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9--------------2-|

A |9-9-9-9-9---7-7--9---9-9-9-9-9--7-7--9--------------0-|

E |7-7-7-7-7---7-7--7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7--------------0-|

B Bsus B B Bsus B E A

E |---------------------------------------------------0--0

B |4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-0-------4-4-4-4-5-4--2-0---------0--2

G |4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2-----4-4-4-4-4-4------2-------1--2

D |---------------------------------------------------2--2

A |---------------------------------------------------2--0

E |---------------------------------------------------0--0

1ST VERSE

My life is a valuable thing

I want to keep it that way

B E

I won't cry

My life's such a valuable thing

Some things don't fade away

B E

I don't mind

F# F#sus

2ND VERSE

We give the best we can give

We won't forget we can't forgive

B E

Keep us radioactive free

Strike a bell in Hiroshima park

You know that we can't see in the dark

B E

We try & we try & we try...

CHORUS

Who waits for the planes to come

A E

When everybody's got you on the run

D Dmajb5

South Pacific carry on

F# F#sus

3RD VERSE

It seems to me that what we're saying

Nobody wants to talk about

B E

This is no time to be wondering why

I do the best I can do

The human jungle and the global zoo

B E

I'll find my way it's a very special world

CHORUS

Why wait for the planes to come

A E

When everybody's got us on the run

South Pacific carry on

Here comes the Hercules

A E

Here comes the submarines

D Dmajb5

Sinking South Pacific dreams

Intro to Solo

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E |-----------------------------|

B |-----------------------------|

G |-----------------------------|

D |-----------------------------|

A |----444-222-4----444-222-4---|

E |-22-------------22-----------|

Solo (something like this!) over F#

E |----------------------------------------------------------|

B |----------------------------------------------------------|

G |----------------------------------------------------------|

D |----------------------------------------------------------|

A |----------------------------------------------------------|

E |-0-4/5-4-2-0-0-4/5-4-2-0-2-0--0-4/5-4-2-0-0-4/5-4-2-0-2-0-|

E |-----------------|

B |-----------------|

G |-----------------|

D |----4-2---2------| Play this twice

A |2-5-----5--5-4-2-|

E |-----------------|

E |----------------|

B |3-2-------------|

G |----4-2-1-------|

D |----------4-2---|

A |----------------|

E |----------------|

B Bsus B Bsus B

Play Twice

A Bm7 D6

This is something I will remember

A Bm7 D6

This is something I will remember

A Bm7 D6

This is something I will remember

Bm7 E9

Remember

Bm7 G

Remember

CHORUS

Why wait for the planes to come

A E

When everybody's got us on the run

South Pacific carry on

Here comes the Hercules

A E

Here comes the submarines

D Dmajb5

Sinking South Pacific dreams

B Bsus B Bsus B

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