Sometimes tab by Midnight Oil

Tabs

Sometimes  by Midnight Oil
from the album "Diesel and Dust"


INTRO lead:

e-|-------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------|
D-|-4---4-2---4---0-5-4---2---0-----2-0-------|
A-|---------------------------------------3---|
E-|-------------------------------------------|

e-|-------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------|
D-|-4---4-2---4---0-5-4---2---0---------------|
A-|---------------------------------3-2---0---|
E-|-------------------------------------------|

INTRO rhythm:

    D MajorD               G+G     D MajorD         A minorAm    C majorC

    D MajorD               G+G     D MajorD         A minorAm    FF


VERSE:

e-|--7-------8-------7-------5---------|
B-|--8-------8-------8-------5---------|
G-|--9-------9-------9-------6---------|
D-|--9-------10------9-------7---------|
A-|--7-------10------7-------7---------|
E-|--7-------8-------7-------5---------|

     E minorEm      C majorC       E minorEm      A augmentedA


leads into the chorus with F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F


CHORUS:

G+G     C9C9    G+G     C9C9    G+G     C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm    FF


LAST CHORUS:

A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA     D MajorD  A/C#A/C#  B minorBm    G+G

LYRICS:

  E minorEm    C majorC    E minorEm
I know

A augmentedA           E minorEm      C majorC           E minorEm         A augmentedA
that the sunset empire ...

      E minorEm     C majorC    E minorEm
and I know

  A augmentedA             E minorEm    C majorC       E minorEm       A augmentedA
there's a floodgate ....

  E minorEm   C majorC    E minorEm
I say

A augmentedA               E minorEm             C majorC        E minorEm       A augmentedA
see the silence of the ...

      E minorEm    C majorC
and I say

E minorEm             A augmentedA            E minorEm            C majorC           E minorEm       A augmentedA
hear the punch drunk buddle as they ....

F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F


G+G                C9C9                G+G             C9C9
sometimes you're beaten ...

G+G                C majorC     G/BG/B      A minorAm
sometimes you're ...

FF
but you don't ...

G+G                C9C9                G+G            C9C9
sometimes you're ...

G+G                C majorC     G/BG/B      A minorAm
sometimes you're taken ...

FF
and you don't ....

E minorEm  C majorC  E minorEm  A augmentedA  E minorEm  C majorC  E minorEm  A augmentedA


  E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm
I know

A augmentedA              E minorEm        C majorC          E minorEm       A augmentedA
that the cannibals ...

  E minorEm    C majorC   E minorEm
I know

     A augmentedA           E minorEm    C majorC        E minorEm    A augmentedA
they arm-...

  E minorEm   C majorC
I say

E minorEm           A augmentedA        E minorEm     C majorC    E minorEm      A augmentedA
don't leave your heart   ...

F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F

G+G                C9C9                G+G            C9C9
sometimes you're beaten to ....

G+G                C majorC     G/BG/B      A minorAm
sometimes you're ...

FF
and you don't ...

G+G                C9C9                G+G            C9C9
sometimes you're beaten ...

G+G              C majorC     G/BG/B      A 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 augmentedA                D MajorD                 A augmentedA            D MajorD
sometimes you're beaten to ....

A augmentedA                D MajorD     A/C#A/C#      B minorBm
sometimes you're ...

G+G
and you don't ...

A augmentedA                D MajorD                 A augmentedA            D MajorD
sometimes you're ....

A augmentedA              D MajorD       A/C#A/C#     B minorBm
sometimes your ....

G+G
don't ...

[another chorus]

B minorBm                     D MajorD
...but you don't ....

[ends on D MajorD with lead playing the following]

e-|-------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------2-----------| x2
D-|-0------------2-30---------------30--------|
A-|-------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------|


p.s.

G/B: 3   A/C#: 0   C9: 3
     0         2       3
     0         2       0
     0         2       2
     2         4       3
     -         -       -


Jonathan Hart
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