Rising Seas Chords by Midnight Oil

Rising Seas by Midnight Oil

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Intro:
Em               Bm  
Every child put down your toys
C                      G 
  And come inside to sleep
    Am               C              G                D        
We have to look you in the eye and say we sold you cheap



 Em               Bm
Let's confess we did not act
C                   G   
  With serious urgency
    Am           C      
So open up the floodgates
G                 D 
  To the rising seas

Interlude:
Em  D  Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Em  D  Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
                          
Em  D  Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
                          
Em  D  Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
                          

Verse 1:
 Em          D    Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Temperature rising                    
  Em       D    Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Climate denying                    
 Em         D    Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Fever is gripping                    
 Em       D        Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm 
Nobody's listening                      
 Em         D    Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Lustre is fading                      
         Em        D     Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Because nobody's trading                      
 Em             D     Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Wall Street is jumping                    
            Em          D     Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
Still, the music keeps pumping                    

Pre-Chorus:
       Em D    Em D   C Am   C Bm  
If you can't decide (Can't decide)
        Em D      Em  D   C Am      C Bm 
Between wrong and right (Wrong and right)
        Em D       Em D           C Am      C  Bm  
If you can't see through (If you can't see through)
Em D    Em D    C   Am   C  Am  C Am  C  Bm
All that you hold true (Hold true)                      

Chorus:
 Em           Bm 
Queen of the Firmament
 C             G  
Lord of all beneath
 Am              C 
Masters of the Universe
 G             D   
We're all refugees
Em           Bm              C         G  
And in many countries they adore celebrities
Am             C  
Open up the floodgates
        G       D  
To the Rising Seas

Interlude:
Em  D  Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
                          
Em  D  Em  D  C  Am  C  Bm
                          
Verse 2:
 Em        D    Em D C Am C Bm
Dinosaur stories                
   Em           D     Em  D  C Am C  Bm
Reliving past glories                  
 Em          D   Em  D  C Am C  Bm
Lusting for gold                  
      Em         D    Em  D  C Am C  Bm
F-f-fishing for souls                  
      Em           D    Em  D  C Am C  Bm
They said it was coming                  
    Em             D   Em  D  C Am C  Bm 
We knew it was a-coming                  

Pre-Chorus:
       Em D      Em D         C Am      C Bm
If you lift your game (If you lift your game)
         Em D Em D  C Am  C Bm
Put your toys away (Toys away)
         Em    D   Em D            C   Am   C Bm   
Well it looks like rain (Well it looks like rain)
         Em D    Em D   C Am    C Am  C Am  C Bm 
On that Western plain (Western plain)            

Instrumental:
Em  Bm  C  G  Am  C  G  D
                          

Chorus:
 Em           Bm 
Queen of the Firmament
 C             G  
Lord of all beneath
 Am              C 
Masters of the Universe
 G             D   
We're all refugees
Em           Bm              C         G  
And in many countries they adore celebrities
Am             C  
Open up the floodgates
        G       D  
To the Rising Seas

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