Beds Are Burning

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Intro:
2 3 -3

Verse:
2    2    2   3  3    3
Out where the ri-ver broke

 2    2   -1    2   2  -3  3    2
The blood-wood and the de-sert oak

 -3  3   -3    -3    3  -3  -3  -4
Hol-den wrecks and boil-ing die-sels

  -1   2   2  2   -3   3   2
Steam-in' for-ty five deg-rees


 3   2    3   -4  3   2    3     -3
The time has come to say fair's fair

3   2   3   -3   2   3   2    2
To pay the rent, to pay our share

 3   2    3   -4   3   2    3  -3
The time has come. A fact's a fact

3  2    2   3   -3     2   &lt;-2 &lt;-2 &lt;-2
It be-longs to them. Let's give it back


 6   6  6    6
How can we dance 

 6    6    6   6    6  -5
When our earth is turn-ing

 7  7  7    7 
How do we sleep 

  7    7   7   -8    -7  7
While our beds are burn-ing


How can we dance 
When our earth is turning
How do we sleep 
While our beds are burning



The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now(2 blow). 
To pay our share

Four Wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western de-sert lives and breathes
In forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come 
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance 
When our earth is turning
How do we sleep 
While our beds are burning
How can we dance 
When our earth is turning
How do we sleep 
While our beds are burning

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now
To pay our share
The time has come 
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
we'r gonna give it back

How can we dance 
When our earth is turning
How do we sleep 
While our beds are burning

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound