Midnight Oil – King Of The Mountain (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
   C#m                                   E
e|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
B|-----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5------|
G|---6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5--------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|

                       F#sus             F#
e|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
B|-----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5------|
G|---4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3--------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|

   F#m                 D7
e|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
B|-----5---5---5---5-|--------1--------|-------1--1--1--1-----|
G|---2---2---2---2---|----2-------2----|-------2--2--2--2-----|
D|-------------------|-0--------------2|-------0--0--0--0-----|
A|-------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|--0-------------------|
[Verse 1]
E                    A       E    D
Walking through the high dry grass

E          A           D      A
Pushing my way though slow

E        A               E             D
Yellow belly black snake sleeping on a red rock

E                  A        D      A
waiting for the stranger to go

E           A            E         D
Sugar train stops at the crossing

E            A         D     A
Cane cockies cursing below

E          A             E          D          E        A    D     A
Bad storm coming. Better run to the top of the mountain
[Chorus]
E                A         F#m    D A
Mountain in the shadow of light

E     A   F#m         D A     E                     A         F#m     D   A
Rain          In the valley below  mountain in the shadow of light

E     A   F#m  D              E          A     F#m          D    A
Rain             well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul

E              A          F#m      D   A
  Don't put me up on your bedroom wall

E         A  F#m  D      A    E       A   E   D   E   A   D   A
Call  me          King of the mountain
[Verse 2]
E           A           E       D
Blacksmith fires up the bellows

E            A          D     A
Cane cutters burning to load

E              A      E         D          E        A    D   A
Workers of the world run to the top of the mountain
[Chorus]
E               A         F#m     D  A
Mountain in the shadow of light

E   A  F#m  D      A        E                    A         F#m    D   A
Rain        In the valley below  mountain in the shadow of light

E     A   F#m  D            E           A    F#m        D    A
Rain           well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul

E            A            F#m       D   A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall

E         A    F#m  D     A   E       A   E   D   E   A   D   A
Call  me          King of the mountain
[Pre-Bridge guitar] E A E D E A D A [Bridge]
C#m                             E
I can't take the hands from my face

F#sus                 F#          F#m      D7
There are some things we can't replace     Yeah
[Chorus]
E               A         F#m     D A
Mountain in the shadow of light

E    A   F#m        D       A     E                 A        F#m   D   A
Rain         In the valley below  mountain in the shadow of light

E     A   F#m D  A          E            A     F#m        D    A
Rain           well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul

E            A            F#m    D     A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall

E        A   F#m    D      A   E         A  F#m D
Call  me          King of the mountain

A            E          A    F#m          D    A
Well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul

E            A          F#m     D   A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall

E         A  F#m    D       A     E      A   E   D   E   A   D   A
Call  me            King of the mountain
[Verse 3]
E                  A          F#m            D    A
Over liquid tarmac wastelands of cactus and heat

E                  A          F#m            D    A
Down cobblestone alleyways of washing day sheets

E                 A           F#m           D     A
Up ghost prairie mountains of sunset and space

E           A       F#m      D    A
Down the road at a familiar place

E          A     F#m D A      E       A         F#m
Across the wilderness     Out further than the bush

         D A    E   A  F#m
I will follow you

         D  A   E   A  F#m
I will follow you

         D  A   C#m
I will follow you
[Outro]
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
G|--6---6---6---6---|-5---5---5---5---|-4---4---4---4---|-3---3---3---3---|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
G|--4---4---4---4---|-5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|-3---3---3---3---|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|---x--------------|
B|---5--------------|
G|---2--------------|
D|---2--------------|
A|---2--------------|
E|------------------|
[Outro Bass]
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|--7---------------|