Read About It

Read About It by Midnight Oil

from the album "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1"

INTRO: (7 beats/bar)

timed something like this:

e-|--------------------------------------------------------|

B-|-4---5-5---5-9-9-5---5---5---4---5-5---5-9-9-5---5---5--|

G-|-4---6-6---6-9-9-6---6---6---4---6-6---6-9-9-6---6---6--|

D-|-4---6-6---6-9-9-6---7---6---4---6-6---6-9-9-6---7---6--|

A-|-2---4-4---4-7-7-4---7---4---2---4-4---4-7-7-4---7---4--|

E-|---------------------5---------------------------5------|

(It's pretty hard to play this way, so I suggest ignoring the notes

on the B-string)

VERSE: (8 beats/bar)

 

CHORUS: (6 beats/bar)

e-|-------------------------------------------------5-------------|

B-|-------------------------------------------------7-------------|

G-|-------------------------------------------------7-------------|

D-|-------------2-2-----6---------------2-2-----6---7-------------|

A-|-2---4-4---4-----4-------2---4-4---4-----4-------5-------------|

E-|-------------------------------------------------5-------------|

BRIDGE: (8 beats/bar)

 

LYRICS:

the rich get richer, the poor get the picture

the bombs never hit you when you're down so low

some got pollution, some revolution

there must be some solution but I just don't know

the bosses want decisions, the workers need ambitions

there won't be no collisions when they move so slow

nothing ever happens, nothing really matters

no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know

you wouldn't read about it, read about it

just another incredible scene, there's no doubt about it

hammer and sickle, the news is at a trickle

the commisars are fickle but the stockpile grows

bombers keep coming, engines softly humming

the stars and stripes are running for their own big show

another little flare up, storm brewed in a teacup

imagine any mixup and the lot would go

nothing ever happens, nothing really matters

no one ever tells me what am I to know, so what am I to know

you wouldn't read about it, read about it

one unjust ridiculous steal, ain't no doubt about it

you wouldn't read about it, read about it

just another particular deal, ain't no doubt about it

the rich get richer, the poor get the picture

the bombs never hit you when you're down so low

some got pollution, some de-evolution

there must be some solution but I just don't know

ahh-ahhh, ahh-ahhh etc...

End.

Jonathan Hart

Oils@total.net