Beds Are Burning

Intro: E (E) Out where the river broke The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels Steam in forty five degrees E The time has come D/E To say fair's fair A/E To pay the rent E To pay our share E The time has come D/E A fact's a fact A/E It belongs to them F# (E G A) Let's give it back Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D Ebº How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D Ebº How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C The time has come to say fairs fair G D (E) to pay the rent, now to pay our share (E) Four wheels scare the cockatoos From Kintore East to Yuendemu The western desert lives and breathes In forty five degrees E The time has come D/E To say fair's fair A/E To pay the rent E To pay our share E The time has come D/E A fact's a fact A/E It belongs to them F# (E G A) Let's give it back Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D Ebº How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D Ebº How do we sleep while our beds are burning Em C The time has come to say fairs fair G D to pay the rent, now to pay our share Em C The time has come, a fact's a fact G D It belongs to them, Let's give it back Em C G How can we dance when our earth is turning Em C D Ebº How do we sleep while our beds are burning (Em C G D) (E G A)