Jimmy Sharmans Boxers tab by Midnight Oil

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    Jimmy Sharman's Boxers

     by Midnight Oil

  (from Red Sails in the Sunset)


Explanation of symbols:

/  =  strum                }    =   rest beat

7  =  strum 1/2 beat       %    =   rest 1/2 beat


|  =  barline              !    =   half bar line  (for lyrics timing)


Chords:

    Ab               E               A              F#m7            Em
x x 6 5 4 x     x x 6 4 5 x     x 0 2 2 2 0     2 4 2 2 2 2     0 2 2 0 0 0


     G               Am              Bm              D               C
3 0 0 0 0 3     x 0 2 2 1 0     2 2 4 4 3 2     x x 0 2 3 2     0 3 2 0 1 0




Play 1 beat = 92-96
Verses and interlude in key of Db
Chorus and finale in key of G
The whole song is in 4/4
The bass line is shown in parts, and should be an 8 notes to the bar

Play 3 times:

|-Ab bass----------------------------|-Gb bass----------------------------|
            Ab   E                               A   E     Ab
|                  |                 |                 |                  |
|: }   }   % 7 7 7 | /               | }   }   % 7 7 7 | 7 7 /           :|
|                  |                 |                 |                  |

                                                              (from the)

Played under verses:

                               Ab  E             A   E     Ab
|                  |                 |                 |                  |
|: }   }   }   }   | }   }   % 7 7 7 | /       % 7 7 7 | 7 7 /           :|
|                  |                 |                 |                  |

V1. From the | red dust north of    | dalmore downs
             | Sharmans tents roll  | in to town
             | twelve will face the | auctioneer
             | Sharmans boxers      | stand their ground


Next bit is only played after V1:

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-5-------0-0-----|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                                                                (Their)

V2.  Their | days are darker   | than your nights
           | they won't be the | first to fall
           | children broken   | from their dreams
           | they won't be the | first to fall

Chorus (Loco.)

  Em                F#m7                  G                    A
| Fighting in the ! spotlight eyes turn | ....for |
| Jimmy Sharmans  ! boxers its ....! win                |
  Am                Bm                    D                    C
| Standing in the ! darkness lined up   | ....the |
  Em                F#m7                  G                    A
| days are wasted ! drinking at the     | .....tel                |


|-E bass----------!-F# bass-------------|-G bass-------------!-A bass-------------|
|         D       !                     |           D        !                    |
| % Why  are  we  ! fighting  for this? | ....this  |
| % You  pay  to  ! see me   fall like  | ....floor |
|-A bass----------!-B bass--------------|-D bass-------------!-C bass-------------|
|         D       !                     |           D        !                    |
| % What  is  the ! reason    for this? | .....this  |

|-E bass----------!-F# bass-------------|-G bass-------------!-A bass-------------|
|         D       !                     |           D        !                    |
| % What  is  the ! reason   they  ....more  |


V3.   The | blows now bring him   | to his ....

Interlude:
no music
|: This is the place the ! ....!              :|

|-Ab bass----------------!-E bass-------------|-Ab bass-------!-Gb bass-------|
|Flat on your face the   ! first and last ho- | ......!               |


V4.   Their | days are darker  | than your .....|


Chorus

This is followed by lots of brass with
Pete Garrett singing: Why are we fighting/paying?
The tab for the brass chords is

E|--0-----|--3-----|--7-----|--3--7--|
B|--0-----|--5-----|--8-----|--5--8--|
G|--0-----|--4-----|--9-----|--4--9--|
D|--2-----|--5-----|--9-----|--5--9--|

and then the song ends with

   What is the reason they keep coming back for more...





Well that's it.
I'll probably post more Oils songs (from their older albums) so keep an eye out
if anyone has the music for 'Used and Abused' please post on the nevada server.


transcripted by Matty F. :  s2138318@cs.unsw.oz.au