Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning (Guitar Tab)
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1.0x
Chords
As recorded by Midnight Oil
(From the 1987 Album DIESEL AND DUST)
Words and Music by Garrett/Hirst/Moginie
Transcribed by Slowhand
E5 G A E
x x 2 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 3 x 0 2 2 2 0 x 7 9 9 9 7
Dsus2/E A/E F# D
0 7 7 7 x x 0 7 7 6 5 5 2 4 4 3 2 2 x x 0 2 3 2
Em C B/D# Dsus4
0 2 2 0 0 0 x 3 2 0 1 0 x 6 4 4 4 x x x 0 2 3 3
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Martin Rotsey - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jim Moginie - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Martin Rotsey - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=122
E5 G A E5
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr II (El. Gtr.)
Q Q Q Q W H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtr I (El. Gtr.) Q Q Q Q W H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0--3--0-----|----------|------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-0--0--2-----|----------|------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-4--0--2-----|----------|------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-2--0--2-----|----------|------|-----------------|-----------------|| |----2--0-----|----------|------|-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------|| |----3--------|----------|------|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-||
1st & 2nd Verses
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E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------|-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------| |-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------|-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------|| |-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-||
Pre-Chorus
E Dsus2/E
Gtrs II, III (El. & Ac. Gtr.)
Q E E H H Q Q W +H. Q
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Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------|-----1-2-----1-2-|---------0----------|
||--0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-|-0-0-----0-0-----|--0--0-4---0-0-3-2--|1.
A/E E
W +H. Q W W
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----1-2-----1-2-|---------0---------|-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0---------o|| |-0-0-----0-0-----|--0--0-4---0-0-3-2-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2--||
2.
F# E5 G A
4/4 2/4
W +W Q Q Q Q W
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W W Q Q Q Q H |-2--------|-----------|-0--3--0-----|------|| |-2--------|-----------|-0--0--2-----|------|| |-3--------|-----------|-4--0--2-----|------|| |-4--------|-----------|-2--0--2-----|------|| |-4--------|-----------|----2--0-----|------|| |-2--------|-----------|----3--------|------||
Chorus
Em C G
4/4
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtrs I, II W W W |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^3----------------| |-^0---------------|-^1---------------|-^3----------------| |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^0----------------| |-^2---------------|-^2---------------|-^0----------------| |-^2---------------|-^3---------------|-^2----------------| |-^0---------------|------------------|-^3----------------|
Em C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtr II Gtrs I, II +W W W |-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|-^1---------------| |-(0)-----------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-(0)-----------------|-^2---------------|-^2---------------| |-(2)-----------------|-^2---------------|-^3---------------| |-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM-------------|
| E E E E +Q Q W W |---------------------|------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|------------------| |--0--0-0-2-(2)---0---|------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|------------------|
D B/D# Em C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W H H W W |-^2---------------|-2---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^3---------------|-3-------4-------|-^0---------------|-^1---------------| |-^2---------------|-2-------4-------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^0---------------|-0-------4-------|-^2---------------|-^2---------------| |------------------|---------6-------|-^2---------------|-^3---------------| |------------------|-----------------|-^0---------------|------------------|
G Em C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtrs I, II W +W W W |-^3---------------|-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^3---------------|-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|-^1---------------| |-^0---------------|-(0)-----------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^0---------------|-(0)-----------------|-^2---------------|-^2---------------| |-^2---------------|-(2)-----------------|-^2---------------|-^3---------------| |-^3---------------|-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM-------------|
| W E E E E +Q Q W W |------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|--0--0-0-2-(2)---0---|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
D Em C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W +W W W |-^2---------------|-(2)---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^3---------------|-(3)---------------|-^0---------------|-^1---------------| |-^2---------------|-(2)---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^0---------------|-(0)---------------|-^2---------------|-^2---------------| |------------------|-------------------|-^2---------------|-^3---------------| |------------------|-------------------|-^0---------------|------------------|
To Coda
G D D E5
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtr I W W W E E E E E E E E |-^3---------------|-^2----------------|-^2---------------||-----------------| |-^3---------------|-^3----------------|-^3---------------||-----------------| |-^0---------------|-^2----------------|-^2---------------||-----------------| |-^0---------------|-^0----------------|-^0---------------||-----------------| |-^2---------------|-------------------|------------------||-----1-2-----1-2-| |-^3---------------|-------------------|------------------||-0-0-----0-0-----|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-------0---------|-----1-2-----1-2-|-------0----------|| |-0-0-4---0-0-3-2-|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-4---0-0-3-2--||
&
Em C G D
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtrs I, II W W W W |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^3---------------|-^2---------------| |-^0---------------|-^1---------------|-^3---------------|-^3---------------| |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^2---------------| |-^2---------------|-^2---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^2---------------|-^3---------------|-^2---------------|------------------| |-^0---------------|------------------|-^3---------------|------------------|
D Em C G
Gtr II Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtr I Gtrs I, II +W W W W |-(2)---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^3---------------| |-(3)---------------|-^0---------------|-^1---------------|-^3---------------| |-(2)---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-(0)---------------|-^2---------------|-^2---------------|-^0---------------| |-------------------|-^2---------------|-^3---------------|-^2---------------| |-------------------|-^0---------------|------------------|-^3---------------|
Em
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtrs I, II +W W |-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------| |-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------| |-(0)-----------------|-^0---------------| |-(0)-----------------|-^2---------------| |-(2)-----------------|-^2---------------| |-(3)-----------------|-^0---------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM-------------|
| E E E E +Q Q W |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |--0--0-0-2-(2)---0---|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|
C D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W W +W |-^0---------------|-^2---------------|-(2)---------------| |-^1---------------|-^3---------------|-(3)---------------| |-^0---------------|-^2---------------|-(2)---------------| |-^2---------------|-^0---------------|-(0)---------------| |-^3---------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------|
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| W W W |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Em C G Dsus4 D
Gtr II Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtr I Gtrs I, II W W W H H |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^3---------------|-3-------2-------| |-^0---------------|-^1---------------|-^3---------------|-3-------3-------| |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-2-------2-------| |-^2---------------|-^2---------------|-^0---------------|-0-------0-------| |-^2---------------|-^3---------------|-^2---------------|-----------------| |-^0---------------|------------------|-^3---------------|-----------------|
Em C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W W |-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^0---------------|-^1---------------| |-^0---------------|-^0---------------| |-^2---------------|-^2---------------| |-^2---------------|-^3---------------| |-^0---------------|------------------|
G D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
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W W +W |-^3---------------|-^2---------------|-(2)--------------|| |-^3---------------|-^3---------------|-(3)--------------|| |-^0---------------|-^2---------------|-(2)--------------|| |-^0---------------|-^0---------------|-(0)--------------|| |-^2---------------|------------------|------------------|| |-^3---------------|------------------|------------------||
Outro
E5 G A E5 G A
Gtrs II, III
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
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Gtr I Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q |-0--3--0-----|----------|-0--3--0\-----*| |-0--0--2-----|----------|-0--0--2\-----*| |-4--0--2-----|----------|-4--0--2\-----*| |-2--0--2-----|----------|-2--0--2\-----*| |----2--0-----|----------|----2--0------*| |----3--------|----------|----3---------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths