Sometimes by Midnight Oil
from the album "Diesel and Dust"
INTRO lead:
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D-|-4---4-2---4---0-5-4---2---0---------------|
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INTRO rhythm:
D MajorDG+GD MajorDA minorAmC majorCD MajorDG+GD MajorDA minorAmFFVERSE:
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E minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
leads into the chorus with F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F
CHORUS:
G+GC9C9G+GC9C9G+GC majorCG/BG/BA minorAmFF
LAST CHORUS:
A augmentedAD MajorDA augmentedAD MajorDA augmentedAD MajorDA/C#A/C#B minorBmG+G
LYRICS:
E minorEmC majorCE minorEm
I know
A augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
that the sunset empire ...
E minorEmC majorCE minorEm
and I know
A augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
there's a floodgate ....
E minorEmC majorCE minorEm
I say
A augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
see the silence of the ...
E minorEmC majorC
and I say
E minorEmA augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
hear the punch drunk buddle as they ....
F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F
G+GC9C9G+GC9C9
sometimes you're beaten ...
G+GC majorCG/BG/BA minorAm
sometimes you're ...
FF
but you don't ...
G+GC9C9G+GC9C9
sometimes you're ...
G+GC majorCG/BG/BA minorAm
sometimes you're taken ...
FF
and you don't ....
E minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEm
I know
A augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
that the cannibals ...
E minorEmC majorCE minorEm
I know
A augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
they arm-...
E minorEmC majorC
I say
E minorEmA augmentedAE minorEmC majorCE minorEmA augmentedA
don't leave your heart ...
F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F
G+GC9C9G+GC9C9
sometimes you're beaten to ....
G+GC majorCG/BG/BA minorAm
sometimes you're ...
FF
and you don't ...
G+GC9C9G+GC9C9
sometimes you're beaten ...
G+GC majorCG/BG/BA minorAm
sometimes your taken ...
A minorAm F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F
but you ...
INTRO x2
[leads back into chorus with F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D]
A augmentedAD MajorDA augmentedAD MajorD
sometimes you're beaten to ....
A augmentedAD MajorDA/C#A/C#B minorBm
sometimes you're ...
G+G
and you don't ...
A augmentedAD MajorDA augmentedAD MajorD
sometimes you're ....
A augmentedAD MajorDA/C#A/C#B minorBm
sometimes your ....
G+G
don't ...
[another chorus]
B minorBmD MajorD
...but you don't ....
[ends on D MajorD with lead playing the following]
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p.s.
G/B: 3 A/C#: 0 C9: 3
0 2 3
0 2 0
0 2 2
2 4 3
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Jonathan Hart
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