Minutes to Midnight by Midnight Oil
from the album «Red Sails in the Sunset»
Am
Everybody say God is a good man
Am
Ah, clock on the world
Am
Driving a dumptruck up to the sun
Am
A sigh in the human heart
Am G D G
I look at the clock on the wall
Am G D G
It says three minutes to midnight
Am G D G
Faith is blind when we’re so near
Am
Phar Lap floating in a jar
Am
Seas full of submarines, A.W.A.C.’s like flies
Am
Truth gets harder to define
Am
Talking in tongues
Am G D G
But the dancer’s hand grips the rail
Am G D G
And fingers will blister on the 88’s
Am G D G
Hope drains out the side of the page
D
But ears can’t hear
F
What eyes don’t see
Cm (?) G/B
And you can’t see me
Am — with solo: (played on a 12-string)
e-|————————————————5—————|
B-|————————————————5—————|
G-|————————————————5—————|
D-|—/7——5————————————-7—————|
A-|—————-7——5—3-5-7——————7—————|
E-|————————————————5—————|
Am — with solo:
e-|—————————————————————|
B-|—————————————————————|
G-|—————————————————————|
D-|-/7——5——————————————————|
A-|—————7——5—3-5-7—555555530-3——555555530-3—-|
E-|—————————————————————|
D with solo: then F with solo:
e-|————————| e-|————————|
B-|————————| B-|————————|
G-|-/7——-4——5——-| G-|-/7——-4——5——-|
D-|————————| D-|————————|
A-|————————| A-|————————|
E-|————————| E-|————————|
Cm (?) G/B
Am
Everybody say God is a good man
Am
Everybody say 1,2,3
Am
Set up those gunsights in H.G.Wells’ backyard
Am
I.C.B.M.’s, S.S.20’s, they lie so dormant, they got so many
Am G D G
Remember your childhood
Am G D G
Remember your journey
Am G D G
Hope is what you say and do
D
But ears can’t hear
F
What eyes don’t see
Cm (?)
And you can’t see me
Am
D
But ears can’t hear
F
What eyes don’t see
D
But ears can’t hear
F
What those eyes don’t see
And you can’t see me
End
p.s. I’m still not sure if that’s a Cminor or a Cmajor?!
Jonathan Hart
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