Midnight Oil – Read About It (Guitar)

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from the album "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1" [Intro] (7 beats/bar) B C#m E C#m A C#m [Verse] (8 beats/bar) B E B E B E G#m B E B E B E G#m A [Verse 1]
 B        E           B           E
the rich get richer, the poor get the picture

    B          E                     G#m
the bombs never hit you when you're down so low

   B        E         B      E
some got pollution,  some revolution

      B             E              C#m             A
there must be some solution but I just don't know

    B            E              B           E
the bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions

       B          E                       G#m
there won't be no collisions when they move so slow

B           E         B             E
nothing ever happens, nothing really matters

B            E               C#m                   A
no one ever tells me what am I to knoe, so what am I to know
[Chorus]
e|-------------------------------------------------5--|
B|-------------------------------------------------7--|
G|-------------------------------------------------7--|
D|-------------2-2-----6---------------2-2-----6---7--|
A|-2---4-4---4-----4-------2---4-4---4-----4-------5--|
E|-------------------------------------------------5--|
you wouldn't read about it, read about it [Bridge 1]
D
just another incredible scene, there's no doubt about it
[Verse 2]
B         E            B           E
hammer and sickle, the news is at a trickle

    B          E                 G#m
the commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows

B           E         B           E
bombers keep coming, engines softly humming

     B                 E                    C#m           A
the stars and stripes are running for their own big show

B             E           B              E
another little flare up, storm brewed in a teacup

B          E              G#m
imagine any mixup and the lot would go
nothing ever happens, nothing really matters
B          E                 C#m                   A
no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know
you wouldn't read about it, read about it
 D
one unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it
[Chorus]
e|-------------------------------------------------5--|
B|-------------------------------------------------7--|
G|-------------------------------------------------7--|
D|-------------2-2-----6---------------2-2-----6---7--|
A|-2---4-4---4-----4-------2---4-4---4-----4-------5--|
E|-------------------------------------------------5--|
you wouldn't read about it, read about it [Bridge 2]
 D
one unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it
you wouldn't read about it, read about it
 D
just another particular deal, ain't no doubt about it
[Chorus] (6 beats/bar)
e|-------------------------------------------------5-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------7-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------7-------------|
D|-------------2-2-----6---------------2-2-----6---7-------------|
A|-2---4-4---4-----4-------2---4-4---4-----4-------5-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5-------------|
[Bridge 3] (8 beats/bar) Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Gm Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Cm Ab [Verse 3]
 B        E           B           E
the rich get richer, the poor get the picture

    B          E                     G#m
the bombs never hit you when you're down so low

   B        E        B      E
some got pollution, some de-evolution

      B             E              C#m             A
there must be some solution but I just don't know

B      E    B     E
  ahh-ahhh,   ahh-ahhh    etc...
[Outro]
e|-------------------------------------------------5--|
B|-------------------------------------------------7--|
G|-------------------------------------------------7--|
D|-------------2-2-----6---------------2-2-----6---7--|
A|-2---4-4---4-----4-------2---4-4---4-----4-------5--|
E|-------------------------------------------------5--|