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Dream World

Midnight Oil
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

INTRO

Rhythm guitar plays E B G D, while lead guitar plays:

e|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
B|-17---17---15---15---14---14---10---10----9----9---10---10----7----7---3----3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE

G D G D E B G D

The Breakfast Creek hotel is up for sale

G D G D E B G D

The last square mile of terra firma gavelled in the mail

G D G D E B G D

so farewell to the Norfolk Island pines

G D G D E B G D

No amount of make believe can help this heart of mine

CHORUS

lead guitar plays:

e|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----2-----0-|
B|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E D F#m A

End......

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

End

E D F#m A

Fall

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

Fall

E D

Yours dreamworld will fall

INTRO

Rhythm guitar plays E B G D, while lead guitar plays:

e|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
B|-17---17---15---15---14---14---10---10----9----9---10---10----7----7---3----3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE

G D G D E B G D

So shut that buckle and turn that key again

G D G D E B G D

Take me to a place they say the dreaming never ends

G D G D E B G D

Open wide drive that mystery road

G D G D E B G D

Walk through eden's garden and then wonder as you go

CHORUS

lead guitar plays:

e|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----2-----0-|
B|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E D F#m A

End......

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

End

E D F#m A

Fall

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

Fall

E D Am

Yours dreamworld is just about to fall

BRIDGE

G#m G#m G#m G#m

G#m G#m G#m G#m

Sign says honymoon to rent

G#m F# G#m G#m

Cloudland into dreamland turns

G#m F#7sus4 F#7sus4

The sun comes up and we all learn

F#7sus4 F#7sus4 F#7sus4

Those wheels must turn

BRIDGE LEAD:

e|--------------------0-----|      e|--------------------0-----|
B|---------------4----------|      B|---------------4----------|
G|--------4-----------------|      G|--------4-----------------|
D|--6--------6--------------|  x9  D|--4--------4------4-------|  x1
A|--------------------------|      A|--------------------------|
E|-----------------4--------|      E|--------------------------|
e|--------------------0-----|      e|------------------0--------|
B|---------------4----------|      B|---------------2-----------|
G|--------4-----------------|      G|-------4----4--------------|
D|--6--------6--------------|  x3  D|--4------4-----------------|  x5
A|--------------------------|      A|---------------------------|
E|-----------------4--------|      E|---------------------------|

INTRO

Rhythm guitar plays E B G D, while lead guitar plays:

e|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
B|-17---17---15---15---14---14---10---10----9----9---10---10----7----7---3----3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3--5--5--5--5--3-----3--|-3--2-----2--2--3-----3--|--9-9-9-10-10-10--7--7--3--3-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

CHORUS

lead guitar plays:

e|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----2-----0-|
B|-----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E D F#m A

End

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

End

E D F#m A

Fall

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

Fall

E D F#m A

End

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

E D F#m A

End

E D F#m A

Fall

E D F#m B

Your dreamworld is just about to

OUTRO

G D G D E B G D

Fall

G D G D E B G D

G D G D E B G D

G D G D E B G D

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