Midnight Oil – Short Memory (Guitar)

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6/8 [Intro] Bm G A Asus4 E G A Asus4 Bm G A Asus4 Em7 G Em7 G [Verse 1]
    Em7      G      Em7   G
Conquistador of Mexico

    Em7      G       Em7  G
The Zulu and the Navaho

    Em7         G          Em7     G
The Belgians in the Congo, short memory
Em7 G Em7 G [Verse 2]
    Em7       G      Em7  G
Plantation in Virginia                          (sometimes "Partition of  Arabia")

    Em7       G        Em7  G
The Raj in British India

    Em7         G          Em7      G     Em7  G   Em7  G
The deadline in South Africa, short   memory
[Verse 3]
    Em7      G       Em7   G
The story of El Salvador

    Em7        G      Em7  G
The silence of Hiroshima

  Em7          G      Em7     G     Bm  G  A  Asus4
Destruction of Cambodia, short  memory
[Chorus]
Bm      G          A      Asus4    E    G   A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a          short    memory

Bm      G          A      Asus4    E     G  A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a          short    memory
[Link] (4/4) F# F# [Verse 4] (6/8)
    Em7         G          Em7    G
The sight of hotels by the Nile

    Em7    G          Em7      G
The designated Hilton style

     Em7        G            Em7          G    Em7  G  Em7  G
With running water specially bought, short memory
[Verse 5]
  Em7          G      Em7      G
A smallish man Afghanistan

  Em7          G         Em7     G
A watch dog in a nervous land

        Em7        G         Em7        G     Em7  G  Em7  G
They're only there to lend a hand, short  memory
[Verse 6]
    Em7           G       Em7   G
The friendly five a dusty smile

     Em7         G          Em7     G
Wake up in sweat at dead of night

    Em7          G           Em7       G    Bm  G  A  Asus4
And in the tents new rifles, hey, short memory
[Chorus]
Bm      G          A      Asus4    E    G   A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a          short    memory

Bm      G          A      Asus4    E     G  A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a          short    memory

Bm      G          A      Asus4    E    G   A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a          short    memory
[Bridge] (4/4) F# F# [Instrumental] (6/8) Em7 G Em7 G x16 Bm G A Asus4 [Outro]
Bm      G          A      Asus4    E    G   A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a

Bm      G          A      Asus4    E    G   A    Asus4
Short memory, must have a
[Intro/Chorus]
e|------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------2-323---|---------------2-323--|
G|-----4----0---2-------2-|-----1----0--2-------2|
D|---4----0---------------|---2----0-------------|
A|-2----------0-----------|-2----------0---------|
E|------3-----------------|------3---------------|

e|--------------------------|
B|-----------------2-3-232--|
G|-----4-----0---2--------2-|
D|---4-----0----------------|
A|-2-----------0------------|
E|-------3------------------|
[Verse]
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
A|---2-----3-----2-----3-------|
E|-0-----3-----0-----3---------|
[Bridge]
e|-2-2--------------2-2-------------|
B|-2-2--------------2-2-------------|
G|-3-3--------------3-3-------------|
D|-4-4-----4--0--0--4-4-----4--0--0-|
A|-4-4---4---4--4---4-4---4---4--4--|
E|-2-2-2------------2-2-2-----------|