Midnight Oil – The Dead Heart (Guitar)

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By Midnight Oil Song contains a minor riff and a major riff. The riffs are played either for either 2 or 3 repeats throughout the song.
Minor Riff:
e|-------------------|-----------------------|
B|--0---2---3---2----|--0-----0--0-------0-0-|
G|--4---4- -4---4----|--4-----2--2-------2-2-|
D|--4---4---4---4----|--4-----4--4-------4-4-|
A|-------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|

Major Riff:
e|----------0--------|-----------------------|
B|--0---2---0---4----|--2-----0--0-------0-0-|
G|--4---4- -4---4----|--4-----4--4-------4-4-|
D|--4---4---4---4----|--4-----4--4-------4-4-|
A|-------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|
The major riff can be played over these chords:
B   E   A       B   E   A       B   E   A   F#m Bsus4
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***************************************** [INTRO]: Minor riff x3 with no vocal, then 2 bars Bsus4 Bsus4 (2 bars) (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Bsus4 (2 bars) (Major riff over)
B       E       A
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

B       E       A
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

B       E       A       F#m
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bsus4 (2 bars) [VERSE 1] (over bass and drums) We don't serve your country Don't serve your king Know your custom don't speak your tongue White man came took everyone (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo [VERSE 2] We don't serve your country Don't serve your king White man listen to the songs we sing White man came took everything (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo [CHORUS]
   Bm           A          G
We carry in our hearts the true country

    F#m            D      A/C#
And that cannot be sto  - len

   Bm            A            G
We follow in the steps of our ancestry

    F#m    A       D      A/C#
And that cannot be bro  - ken
(Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo [VERSE 3] (= Verse 1): (over bass and drums) We don't serve your country Don't serve your king Know your custom don't speak your tongue White man came took everyone (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo [VERSE 4] We don't need protection Don't need your land Keep your promise on where we stand We will listen we'll understand (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo (yeah yeah yeah yeah) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo [CHORUS]
   Bm           A          G
We carry in our hearts the true country

    F#m            D      A/C#
And that cannot be sto  - len

   Bm            A            G
We follow in the steps of our ancestry

    F#m    A       D      A/C#
And that cannot be bro  - ken

  Bm           A          G
We carry in our hearts the true country

    F#m            D      A/C#
And that cannot be sto  - len

   Bm            A            G
We follow in the steps of our ancestry

    F#m    A       D      A/C#
And that cannot be bro  - ken
Bsus4 (4 bars) (Bro - ken) [OUTRO] (Minor riff) Mining companies, (Minor riff) Pastoral companies (Minor riff) Uranium companies Bsus4 (2 bars) (Minor riff) Collected companies (Minor riff) Got more right than people (Minor riff) Got more say than people Bsus4 (2 bars) (Major riff over)
B       E       A
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

B       E       A
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

B       E       A       F#m
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bsus4 (2 bars) (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo (3rd riff over) Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things Bsus4 (1 bar) (Minor riff over) Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo Bsus4 (2 bars) (Repeat riff set several times as desired...) The dead heart lives here Bmaj