RIVER RUNS RED by Midnight Oil

From luko@informatik.uni-rostock.de (Kai Lukoschek)
Subject: RIVER RUNS RED - Oils
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 07:57:42 GMT


H stands for B in America
h stands for Bm.
c stands for Cm.
cis stands for C#m.
Cis stands for C#... and so on.

The notation C(g" f" e" d" c") means you play C major plus the line
g" f" e" d" c", where g" means the note g on the upper E string etc.

RIVER RUNS RED - Midnight Oil

(The numbers stand for the fret, of course.
Capital letters stand for Major chords, the small ones stand for
minor,i.e. "a" is "Am" or "cis" is "Cm#".)

e----------0-------             -------3--------
H--------0---0-----             -------0--------
G------2-------2---   3 times   -------2--------
D----1-----------1-             -------1--------
A--2---------------             -------2--------
E------------------             ----------------


|: e a F C G D H :|    (a few times)


        e                      a   F C
So you cut all the tall trees down
     G                        D   H
You poisened the sky and the sea
        e                           a     F C
You've taken what's good from the ground
         G                        D   H
But you left precious little for me


        e                       a   F C
You remember the flood and the fall
       G                      D    H
We remember the light on the hill
        e                      a  F C
There should be enough for us all
         G                     D    G D
But the dollar is driving us still

                a
The river runs red, black rain falls
            G
Dust in my hand
            F
River runs red, black rain falls
G                 D
  On my bleeding land


       e                       a    F C
So we came and conquered and found
 G                     D    H
Riches of commons and kings
       e                         a    F C
Who strangled and wrestled the ground
          G                  D    H
But they never put back anything
          e                      a    F C
Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage
     G                     D     H
Whereever the truth is pursued
    e                        a  F C
It must be the curse of the age
        G                 D     G D
What's taken is never renewed


            a
River runs red...
            a       F C G D
River runs red...  land
F C G D    F C G D   F C G D
Land       Land      Land
            a
River runs red...
                a
The river runs red...





That's it.
Take care.
Kai.
luko@informatik.uni-rostock.de