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Read About It

Midnight Oil
Lyrics
★4.5(16)

INTRO

B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m

VERSE

B Esus2 B Esus2 B Esus2 G#m
B Esus2 B Esus2 B Esus2 C#m A
B Esus2 B Esus2
the rich get richer, the poor get the picture
B Esus2 G#m
the bombs never hit you when you're down so low
B Esus2 B Esus2
some got pollution, some revolution
B Esus2 C#m A
there must be some solution but I just don't know
B Esus2 B Esus2
the bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions
B Esus2 G#m
there won't be no collisions when they move so slow
B Esus2 B Esus2
nothing ever happens, nothing really matters
B Esus2 C#m A
no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know

CHORUS

N.C.
you wouldn't read about it, read about it
D
just another incredible scene, there's no doubt about it

VERSE

B Esus2 B Esus2
hammer and sickle, the news is at a trickle
B Esus2 G#m
the commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows
B Esus2 B Esus2
bombers keep coming, engines softly humming
B Esus2 C#m A
the stars and stripes are running for their own big show
B Esus2 B Esus2
another little flare up, storm brewed in a teacup
B Esus2 G#m
imagine any mixup and the lot would go
N.C.
nothing ever happens, nothing really matters
B Esus2 C#m A
no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know

CHORUS

N.C.
you wouldn't read about it, read about it
D
one unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it
N.C.
you wouldn't read about it, read about it
D
just another particular deal, ain't no doubt about it

INTRO

B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m

BRIDGE

Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Gm
Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Cm Ab
Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Gm
Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Bb Ebsus2 Cm Ab Cm F#dim

VERSE

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 B E G#m
ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh ahh-ahh-ahh
B E B E B E C#m
ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahh-ahh
A
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aaaahhhh

INTRO

B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B C#m E C#m A C#m
B

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