Short Memory

Song

Midnight Oil - Short Memory

(tune down one fret to match the album)

INTRO / CHORUS:

e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------------2-3-232--|-----------------2-3-232--|
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-----------|

That's about it. Obviously, you'll have to listen to

the song to get the timing and the subtleties of this truly brilliant

song.

LYRICS:

Conquistador of Mexico

The Zulu and the Navaho

The Belgians in tht Congo

Short Memory

Plantation in Virginia

The Raj in British India

The deadline in South Africa

Short Memory

The story of El Salvador

The silence of Hiroshima

Destruction of Cambodia

Short Memory

Short memory, must have a short memory

Short memory, must have a short memory

The sight of hotels by the Nile

The designated Hilton style

With running water specially bought

Short memory

A smallish man Afghanistan

A watchdog in a nervous land

They're only there to lend a hand

Short memory

The friendly five a dusty smile

Wake up in sweat at dead of night

And in the tents new rifles, hey, short memory

Short memory, must have a short memory

Short memory, must have a short memory

End.