My Count tab by Midnight Oil

My Country
Transcribed by...Craig Lawton craigl@resmel.bhp.com.au
additions by Jonathan Hart  Oils@total.net

INTRO CHORDS

Am       C  G   Am
Am  Em   C  G   D
(twice)

INTRO RIFF (played on piano) (play twice):
e-|-----|--------0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----|-----------3-----1--------|--1-----3--0--------------|
G-|-----|--2--------------------2--|-----------------2-----0--|
D-|--2--|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|-----|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|-----|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e-|--------0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----1--------|--------------------------|
G-|--2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|-----------------------2--|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e-|--------0-----------------|--------------------------|
B-|-----------3-----1--------|--1-----3--0--------------|
G-|--2--------------------2--|-----------------2-----0--|
D-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G-|--2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D-|-----------420------------|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

VERSE 1:
G             D      C          D
Was it just a dream, were ....
G             D              C
Was it just a giant ...
G                  D          C                D
Was it the time of year, that ...
G                   Dm              F
Methods, were their ...

CHORUS:
                   Am
And did ...
C  F                Am
My country right ...
G       D                   F
My      Country oh so s...
      G
My country right ....

Do INTRO RIFF once:

VERSE 2
Did you save your ....

CHORUS (TWICE):
Did I hear you ....

BRIDGE:

(Repeat over vocals)
e-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|--------------------------|
D-|-----------------2-----4--|
A-|-------------/4-----------|
E-|--2-----2-----------------|
I hear you say the truth must ....

e-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|
A-|--5-----5--------3-----5--|
E-|-------------/5-----------|
...deceiving

e-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|--------------------------|
D-|--------------------------|
A-|-----------------5--------|
E-|--0-----0----/7--------7--|

     I know
e-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|-----------------2-----4--|
D-|-------------/4-----------|
A-|--2-----2-----------------|
E-|--------------------------|
     I know

       C C C C C C
we all make mistakes

Guitar solo over chords
G D C D G Dm F

solo  (timing not correct here):
e-|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------
B-|--7-----------------------|-------------------------|--------5-----3--
G-|--7-----------------------|-------------2--0--------|--------5-----3--
D-|--------------------------|--0--0--020--------3--0--|-----------5-----
A-|--------------------------|-------------------------|--3--------------
E-|--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------
                                  (effects wah wah, ranting voice etc.)
e-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------
B-|-5---5----5--3----5--3-3-3----|--8-------------------------------------
G-|-5---5----5--3----5--3-3-3----|-10(12)  ~~~~---------------------------
D-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------
A-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------
E-|------------------------------|----------------------------------------

TWO CHORUSES

Then FINISH with two INTROs
last intro with the following finish

    F                  G                                   Am9
e-|-------------------|-------------------|0-----------------7------------
B-|-------------------|----------0--1--3--|------------------5------------
G-|-------------------|-0--2--4-----------|------------------5------------
D-|-----------0--2--3-|-------------------|------------------7------------
A-|--0--2--3----------|-------------------|------------------0------------
E-|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------
(use a triplet timing on these these notes)