The Dead Heart — Midnight Oil
Chords and lyrics for The Dead Heart by Midnight Oil (key of Bm).
Verse 1
By Midnight Oil
Song contains a minor riff and a major riff. The riffs are played either
for either 2 or 3 repeats
throughout the song.
Minor Riff:
Major Riff:
The major riff can be played over these chords:
[B] [E] [A] [B] [E] [A] [B] [E] [A] [F#m] [Bsus4]
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[INTRO]:
Minor riff x3 with no vocal, then 2 bars Bsus4
Bsus4 (2 bars)
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bsus4 (2 bars)
(Major riff over)
[B]Doo doo [E]doo doo [A]doo doo doo
[B]Doo doo [E]doo doo [A]doo doo doo
[B]Doo doo [E]doo doo [A]doo doo [F#m]doo
Bsus4 (2 bars)
[VERSE 1] (over bass and drums)
We don't serve your country
Don't serve your king
Know your custom don't speak your tongue
White man came took everyone
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Verse 2
We don't serve your country
Don't serve your king
White man listen to the songs we sing
White man came took everything
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Chorus
We [Bm]carry in our [A]hearts the [G]true country
And [F#m]that cannot be [D]sto - [A/C#]len
We [Bm]follow in the [A]steps of our [G]ancestry
And [F#m]that [A]cannot be [D]bro - [A/C#]ken
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
[VERSE 3] (= Verse 1): (over bass and drums)
We don't serve your country
Don't serve your king
Know your custom don't speak your tongue
White man came took everyone
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Verse 4
We don't need protection
Don't need your land
Keep your promise on where we stand
We will listen we'll understand
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Chorus
We [Bm]carry in our [A]hearts the [G]true country
And [F#m]that cannot be [D]sto - [A/C#]len
We [Bm]follow in the [A]steps of our [G]ancestry
And [F#m]that [A]cannot be [D]bro - [A/C#]ken
We[Bm] carry in our[A] hearts the[G] true country
And [F#m]that cannot be [D]sto - [A/C#]len
We [Bm]follow in the [A]steps of our [G]ancestry
And [F#m]that [A]cannot be [D]bro - [A/C#]ken
Bsus4 (4 bars) (Bro - ken)
Outro
(Minor riff)
Mining companies,
(Minor riff)
Pastoral companies
(Minor riff)
Uranium companies
Bsus4 (2 bars)
(Minor riff)
Collected companies
(Minor riff)
Got more right than people
(Minor riff)
Got more say than people
Bsus4 (2 bars)
(Major riff over)
[B]Doo doo [E]doo doo [A]doo doo doo
[B]Doo doo [E]doo doo [A]doo doo doo
[B]Doo doo [E]doo doo [A]doo doo [F#m]doo
Bsus4 (2 bars)
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
(3rd riff over) Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of
things
Bsus4 (1 bar)
(Minor riff over)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bsus4 (2 bars)
(Repeat riff set several times as desired...)
The dead heart lives here
[Bmaj]
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