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King Of The Mountain

Midnight Oil

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Subject: Midnight Oil
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 93 8:23:16 EET
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King Of The Mountain - Midnight Oil

Intro:

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Verse:

E                A             E        D
Walking through the high dry grass

D   E         A            D      A
Pushing my way though slow

E        A               E             D
Yellow belly black snake sleeping on a red rock

  E                  A        D      A
waiting for the stranger to go

E             A             E      D
Sugar train stops at the crossing

D   E           A          D     A
Cane cockies cursing below

A   E        A           E           D            E       A    D     A
Bad storm coming. Better run to the top of the mountain

Chorus:

E                 A            F#m     D      A
Mountain in the shadow of light

E     A   F#m   D       A        E              A                F#m  D   A
Rain          In the valley below  mountain in the shadow of light

E     A   F#m  D            E            A     F#m          D    A
Rain           well you can Say you're Peter say you're Paul

E            A            F#m       D   A
Don't put me up on your bedroom wall

E     A      F#m    D       A     E    A   E   D   E   A   D   A
Call  me          King of the mountain

Verse:

E                A       E       D
Blacksmith fires up the bellows

D   E           A            D     A
Cane cutters burning to load

E       A             E         D             E       A    D   A
Workers of the world run to the top of the mountain


Chorus:

Bridge:

C#m                              E
I can't take the hands from my face

F#sus                 F#               F#m      D7
There are some things we can't replace


Chorus:

Verse:

Over liquid tarmac wastelands of cactus and heat

E                     A          F#m         D    A
Down cobble stone alleyways of washing sheets

A  E                     A F#m       D        A
Up ghost prairie mountains of sunset and space

E           A   F#m           D    A
Down the road a familliar face

E               A      F#m        D          A
Across the wilderness  Out further than the bush

E              A
I will follow you

F#m      D A     E    A
I will follow you

F#m      D A     E    A      F#m     D  A
I will follow you


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