Midnight Oil – When The Generals Talk (Guitar Tab)

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Red Sails in the Sunset Copyrighted © by Columbia Records, 1984 Version 1.0 October 1984 Tabbed by: Alexander Westers [email protected] Note: \\ = slide down ~~ = vibrato

Bass opening:
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----4--4--0-|

Riff 1’:
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------5--7\\---|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-2--3--0-----------|-0-0-2--0-0-2--0-0-2--0-0-2--|

Riff 1:
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------5--7\\---|--------------5~~---|
|-0-0-2--3--0-----------|-0-0-2--3--0--------|

Chorus:
|-7~~--|-7~~--|
|-7~~--|-7~~--|
|-7~~--|-7~~--|
|-9~~--|-9~~--|
|------|------|
|------|------|

Riff 1”:
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------7--9\\---|--------------7~~---|
|-2-2-4--5--2-----------|-2-2-4--5--2--------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|

Riff 2:                         
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------0------0----|------0-3------3-1-|
|------1------1---/2-|----1--------1-----|
|--0-3------2--------|--3--------2-------|
|--------------------|---------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|---------|
                               *
* = Third time, riff stops here

Song structure: Riff 1’ Riff 1 (3x) Chorus (2x) Riff 1” Chorus (2x) Riff 2 (3x) Riff 1 Riff 1’ Riff 1 (3x) Chorus (2x) Riff 1 Riff 1 (first half) Riff 1