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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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H stands for B in America
 Hstands for Bm.
 Cstands 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  Cmajor plus the line
g" f" e" d" c", where g" means the note g on the upper E string etc.
 A   D   Afis  D   E  A  
 A   D   Afis  A   D   A  D  
           A         D          Afis
Won't you come on down the line
AwaDy from baErren groAund
           A         D      Afis
The harlot and the autocrat
Are they drDiving you fuErther doAwn
              Efis               Hfis
The season's rhymes, they anchor me
AgaDinst the raging tHide
         A         D            Afis
Take you to the last wild place
SkiDn and the stEars they embrAace
           A         D         Afis
A caveman could a saint become
In a hoDspital waErd on the SoAmme
        Efis               Hfis
We can dive into distant amoebas
                             D     Hfis  Efis E  
Our wings could melt in the sun
CHORUS
        fis   E  
I can shake
        fis   G  
I can move
        fis                    Hfis  E  
But I can't live without your love
        fis   E  
I can break
       fis   G  
Over you
        fis                    Hfis     Dfis  Dfis   E  
But I can't live without your love
     A                D      Afis
Our poet Henry Lawson he named them
DThe lay 'em oEut brigaAde
           A       D          Afis    A   D   A  D  
Here they come there they go
          A        D        Afis
Oh great god of development
Don't reDally knoEw you yAet
           A            D           Afis
Coastline hosed down washed away
EconoDmics, now theEre's nothing leAft
            Efis                  Hfis
Tomorrow's child takes concrete footsteps
And they'll drDink champagne or be daHmnedD  A  A  E  
And the stDorm is breAaking nowE  
Yeah the stDorm is breAaking nowE  
Yes the stDorm is breAaking nowE  
CHORUS
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Shakers And Movers

by Midnight Oil

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

H stands for B in America

H Bm

stands for .

C Cm

stands for .

cis stands for C#m.

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

C G F E D C C

The notation (" " " " ") means you play major plus the line

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

A D A D E A

fis

A D A A D A D

fis

A D A

fis

Won't you come on down the line

D E A

Away from barren ground

A D A

fis

The harlot and the autocrat

D E A

Are they driving you further down

E H

fis fis

The season's rhymes, they anchor me

D H

Against the raging tide

A D A

fis

Take you to the last wild place

D E A

Skin and the stars they embrace

A D A

fis

A caveman could a saint become

D E A

In a hospital ward on the Somme

E H

fis fis

We can dive into distant amoebas

D H E E

fis fis

Our wings could melt in the sun

CHORUS

fis

I can shake

fis

I can move

H E

fis fis

But I can't live without your love

fis

I can break

fis

Over you

H D D E

fis fis fis fis

But I can't live without your love

A D A

fis

Our poet Henry Lawson he named them

D E A

The lay 'em out brigade

A D A A D A D

fis

Here they come there they go

A D A

fis

Oh great god of development

D E A

Don't really know you yet

A D A

fis

Coastline hosed down washed away

D E A

Economics, now there's nothing left

E H

fis fis

Tomorrow's child takes concrete footsteps

D H D A A E

And they'll drink champagne or be damned

D A E

And the storm is breaking now

D A E

Yeah the storm is breaking now

D A E

Yes the storm is breaking now

CHORUS

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