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Put Down That Weapon by Midnight Oil

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PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON
By Midnight Oil
additions/corrections by Jonathan Hart  Oils@total.net

INTRO: (Let notes ring)
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0--------------0--|
G-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
D-|--5--------4--2--------0--|--------------------------|
A-|--------------------------|--2--------0--------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------3-----2-----|
                                               VERSE 1:
e-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------------|
G-|-----0-----------0--------|-----0-----------7--7--7--|
D-|---5-------4--2--------0--|-----------------7--7--7--|
A-|--------------------------|--2--------0-----5--5--5--|
E-|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|
                                               Under the
D     Em     C     Am     D
water line
   Em         C         Am         D
No place to ....
   Em         C         Am         D
(Chords continue unabated)
To another ...
(Same chords , more strumming)
And if we think ....

CHORUS:
Em                  Am          C      D  
Put down that weapon   ...
Em                  Am          C          D  
You can't hide nowhere ...

       C          Em      C     Em
And it happens to ....
     C                                  D
Some things aren't ...
     C            D        Am        C
Some things don't ....
(Let notes ring)
-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------0-----------------|--------0-----------------|--------0-----------------|
----2--------------------|-----2--------------------|-----2--------------------|
-2-----------------3-----|--2-----------------3-----|--2-----------------3-----|
----------0-----3--------|-----------0-----3--------|-----------0-----3--------|

                    VERSE 2
e-|--------------------------|
B-|--------------------------|
G-|--------0--------7--7--7--|
D-|-----2-----------7--7--7--|
A-|--2--------------5--5--5--|
E-|-----------0--------------|
                    above the




...waterline
Point the finger yeah ....

CHORUS
Put down that weapon or we'll ....

(Let notes ring)
-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------0-----------------|--------0-----------------|--------0-----------------|
----2--------------------|-----2--------------------|-----2--------------------|
-2-----------------3-----|--2-----------------3-----|--2-----------------3-----|
----------0-----3--------|-----------0-----3--------|-----------0-----3--------|

                               REPEAT these two bars through to Organ solo
-------------------------|--2--2--2-----2--2--2-----|--2--2--2-----2-----4-----|
-------------------------|--3--3--3-----3--3--3-----|--3--3--3-----3-----5-----|
-------0-----------------|--4--4--2-----4--4--2-----|--4--4--2-----2-----6-----|
----2--------------------|--4--4--0-----4--4--0-----|--4--4--0-----0-----6-----|
-2-----------------3-----|--2--2--------2--2--------|--2--2--------------4-----|
----------0-----3--------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
                               They      keep       talking  ...

Organ solo over CHORUS CHORDS:

       C          Em      C     Em
And it happens to be ...
     C                                  D
Some things aren't ...
     Em           D/F#        Am        C
Some things don't ...

Two Final  CHORUSES:

Put down that weapon or ....

       C          Em      C     Em
And it happens to ...
     C                                  D
Some things aren't ...
     C            D        Am        C
Some things don't ...

Put down that weapon or ....

       C          Em      C     Em
And it happens ...
     C                                  D
Some things ...
     Em          D/F#        Am        G   D/F#    Em (Fine)
Some things don't come ...

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