Bushfire by Midnight Oil
Rhythm pattern of verse:
F G Am C B Am G
—1—3—0—0—3-0—3—-
—1—3—1—1—0-1—3—-
—2—0—2—0—0-2—0—-
—3—0—2—2—0-2—0—-
—3—2—0—3—2-0—2—-
——3—————3—-
[INTRO:]
F G Am C B Am G (2X)
F G Am C B Am G
In my shoes,
F G Am C B Am G
In my shoes
F G Am C B Am G
There is so much to remind me
F G Am C B Am G
As the stars come out above me,
F G Am C B Am G
home
F G Am C B Am G
F G Am C B Am G
Cool wind,
F G Am C B Am G
Clear my head
F G Am C B Am G
Bright Sun Grow my food
F G Am C B Am G
Strong rain clear my heart
F G Am C B Am G
Fill my land
F G Am C B Am G
It’s a new day
[CHORUS:]
Am C Am G Am C Am
I don’t know why it is sold
G G
Don’t know why it’s so cold
(no chord)
In this life that we live
F G Am C B Am G (2X)
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G
In my shoes,
F G Am C B Am G
In my shoes
F G Am C B Am G
There is so much to astound me
F G Am C B Am G
As the whirlpool spins around me,
F G Am C B Am G
home
F G Am C B Am G
F G Am C B Am G
Bushfire,
F G Am C B Am G
burn and grow
F G Am C B Am G
Sunset watch and rest low
F G Am C B Am G
Long night holding child close
F G Am C B Am G
feed my dream
[CHORUS:]
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
[BRIDGE:]
F F#m
It’s larger than life,
F G
It’s darker than death,
F Em G Am
We’re gonna move those mountains aside
(no chord)
Here come the messages
F G Am C B Am G (4X)
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G (2X)
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G
new day, new day
F G Am C B Am G (4X, fades out)
Corrections by Jonathan Hart
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