Blue Sky Mine — Midnight Oil
Chords and lyrics for Blue Sky Mine by Midnight Oil (key of Dm).
Verse 1
Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oil
Intro
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [G] [Dm] [Am] [F] [C]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [G] [Dm] [Am] [F] [G]
[Dm] Hey [F]hey hey [Dm]hey [G] There'll be [Dm]food on the [Am]table [F][C]tonight
[Dm] Hey [F]hey hey [Dm]hey [G] There'll be [Dm]pay in your [Am]pocket [F]tonight[G]
Verse 1
My [C]gut is wrenched out, it is [Am]crunched up and broken
My [C]life that is lived is no [Am]more than a token
Who'll [F]strike the flint upon the [G]stone and tell me [Am]why[Bdim]
If I [C]yell out at night, there's a [Am]reply of blue silence
The [C]screen is no comfort, I [Am]can't speak my sentence
They [F]blew the lights at heaven's [G]gate and I don't know [Am]why
Chorus
But if I [Dm]work all [F]day on the [Dm]blue sky [G]mine
There'll be [Dm]food on the [Am]table [F]tonight[C]
Still I [Dm]walk up and [F]down on the [Dm]blue sky [G]mine
There'll be [Dm]pay in your [Am]pocket [F]tonight[G]
Verse 2
The [C]candy store paupers lie [Am]to the share holders
They're [C]crossing their fingers they [Am]pay the truth makers
[F] The balance sheet is [G]breaking up the [Am]sky[Bdim]
So I'm [C]caught at the junction still [Am]waiting for medicine
The [C]sweat of my brow keeps on [Am]feeding the engine
Hope the [F]crumbs in my pocket can [G]keep me for another [Am]night
Bridge
And if the [Bb]blue sky mining [Dm]company won't [G]come to my rescue
If the [Bb]sugar refining [Dm]company won't [G]save me
[F] [Bb]Who's gonna [C]save me
[Am] Who's gonna [C]save me
[Am] Who's gonna [C]save me
Chorus
But if I [Dm]work all [F]day on the [Dm]blue sky [G]mine
There'll be [Dm]food on the [Am]table [F]tonight[C]
And if I [Dm]walk up and [F]down on the [Dm]blue sky [G]mine
There'll be [Dm]pay in your [Am]pocket [F]tonight[C]
And [Dm]some have [F]sailed from a [Dm]distant [G]shore
And the [Dm]company [Am]takes what the [F]company [C]wants
And [Dm]nothing's as [F]precious[Dm] as a [G]hole in the [Dm][Am][F]ground[G]
Solo 1
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [F]
[G] [Am]
Solo 2
[Bb] [Dm] [G] [Bb] [Dm] [G]
Outro
[F] [Bb]Who's gonna [C]save me
[Am] Who's gonna [C]save me[Am]
I [F]pray that sense and [G]reason brings us in
(Who's gonna [C]save me)
[Am] (Who's gonna [C]save me)
[Am] We got nothing to [F]fear[G]
[C]In the end the rain comes [Am]down
[C]In the end the rain comes [Am]down
[F]Washes clean the [G]streets of the blue sky [C]town
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