Power And The Passion chords by Midnight Oil

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
B minorBm    C#C# F#F#   B minorBm

Verse 1:
B minorBm
People wasting away
  C#C# F#F#
In paradise
B minorBm
Going backwards, once in a while
C#C#     F#F#  B minorBm
Taking your time, give it a try
B minorBm
What do you believe, what do you believe
    C#C#   F#F#    B minorBm
What do you believe is true?
B minorBm
Nothing they say makes a difference this way
C#C#     F#F#     B minorBm
Nothing they say will do

Pre Chorus:
  D MajorD             E MajorE
You take all the trouble that you can afford
  E minorEm               BB    E minorEm
At least you won't have time to be bored
  E minorEm               BB    E minorEm   D MajorD
At least you won't have time to be bored

Chorus:
D#mD#m   D#m7D#m7    C#7C#7    D#mD#m   C#C#     D#mD#m
Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
D#mD#m   D#m7D#m7    C#7C#7
Oh the power and the passion
D#mD#m           C#C#         B minorBm
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line

Verse 2:
B minorBm             C#C#   F#F#
Sunburnt faces around, with skin so brown
B minorBm               C#C#     F#F#   B minorBm
Smiling zinc cream and crowds, Sundays the beach never a cloud
B minorBm
Breathing eucalypt, pushing panel vans
     C#C#     F#F#
Stuff and munch junk food
    B minorBm
Laughing at the truth, cause Gough was tough til he hit the rough
C#C#     F#F#      B minorBm
Uncle Sam and John were quite enough

Pre Chorus:
D MajorD          E MajorE
Too much of sunshine too much of sky
  E minorEm                BB    E minorEm
It's just enough to make you want to cry
  E minorEm                BB    E minorEm   D MajorD
It's just enough to make you want to cry

Chorus:
D#mD#m   D#m7D#m7    C#7C#7    D#mD#m   C#C#     D#mD#m
Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
D#mD#m   D#m7D#m7    C#7C#7
Oh the power and the passion
D#mD#m           C#C#         B minorBm
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line

Instrumental:
B minorBm  A augmentedA  G+G G7G7 x4

Verse 3:
B minorBm                  C#C#  F#F#
I see buildings, clothing the sky, in paradise
B minorBm
Sydney, nights are warm
        C#C#     F#F#
Daytime telly, blue rinse dawn
B minorBm                           C#C#    F#F#
Dad's so bad he lives in the pub, it's a underarms and football clubs
B minorBm
Flat chat, Pine Gap, in every home a Big Mac
          C#C#      F#F#
And no one goes outback, that's that

Pre Chorus:
D MajorD             E MajorE
You take what you get and get what you please
  E minorEm                        BB    E minorEm
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees
  E minorEm                        BB    E minorEm   D MajorD
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees

Chorus:
D#mD#m   D#m7D#m7    C#7C#7    D#mD#m   C#C#     D#mD#m
Oh the power and the passion, oh the temper of the time
D#mD#m   D#m7D#m7    C#7C#7
Oh the power and the passion
D#mD#m           C#C#         B minorBm
Sometimes you've got to take the hardest line

Outro:
BB    A augmentedA     G+G x5
C minorCm  DmDm  A minorAm    B minorBm