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Arctic World

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[VERSE]
DI don't want to grGow anythCing in my hDeart
DI don't want to wrGite all these tChings in the Dsand
DI don't wish to liGsten and Cnot understDand
DI don't want to trGamp up the fCootpath of Dstars
[CHORUS]
   Adon't want to be an advocBmateG  
   Adon't want to be a monumBmentC  
TDhere Bmis nEothing    C#mthat gDrows in your   Bmarctic Gworld
[VERSE]
DI don't want to brGeathe thCat SmithsonDian air
DI don' want to lisGten when they tColl the bellD  
D'cos I can't take Ganother iCndustrial fDeast
Don the ground, Gon my backC, out Dthere
[CHORUS]
I Awant to meet the presidentBm  G  
oAf a country without senseBm  C  
TDhere Bmis nEothing C#mthat growDs in his arctBmic worldG  
tDhere Bmis nEothing C#mthat growDs in your arcBmtic worldG  
tDhere Bmis nEothing C#mthat growDs in this arcBmtic worldG  

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Arctic World

by Midnight Oil

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

[VERSE]

D G C D

I don't want to grow anything in my heart

D G C D

I don't want to write all these things in the sand

D G C D

I don't wish to listen and not understand

D G C D

I don't want to tramp up the footpath of stars

[CHORUS]

A Bm G

don't want to be an advocate

A Bm C

don't want to be a monument

D Bm E C#m D Bm G

There is nothing that grows in your arctic world

[VERSE]

D G C D

I don't want to breathe that Smithsonian air

D G C D

I don' want to listen when they toll the bell

D G C D

'cos I can't take another industrial feast

D G C D

on the ground, on my back, out there

[CHORUS]

A Bm G

I want to meet the president

A Bm C

of a country without sense

D Bm E C#m D Bm G

There is nothing that grows in his arctic world

D Bm E C#m D Bm G

there is nothing that grows in your arctic world

D Bm E C#m D Bm G

there is nothing that grows in this arctic world

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