Safety Chain Blues

Midnight Oil

Transposer:

1st Tab Riff used in verses:                       e|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------| D|6---6-6-4---4---|----------------| A|----------6---6-|----6-6-4---4---| E|----------------|----------6-----| Hanging on like hell to the safety chain   Lifebuoy crash lands in pain        All the lovers are in retreat Out on the edge of the nervous street Aching aching So deaf to the call of the wild             Deaf to the first born’s whispering plea Expanding frame the city is in heat Burning at the edges of the lonely street But I want to hold your precious head I will not leave you nor pretend my friend   I wanna hold you till the end Hey mama didn’t know we’d end up here       The snapshot is all tiles and red walls Down at the squatter’s camps they cannot compete The shepherd has been bound up by his hands and his feet Piano break: e|----------------|----------5-4---|------------3---|----------6---4-| B|--4---7-4---7---|--4---7-4-------|--4---7-4-------|--4---7-4-------| G|----5-----5-----|5---5-----------|5---5-----5-----|5---5-----------| But I want to hold your precious head I will not leave you nor pretend But I want to hold your precious head We will not seize nor will we bend my friend   I’m gonna hold you till the end Make love make peace make haste it’s a slow release Great changes gonna carry you              Make love make peace make haste it’s a slow release Great changes gonna carry you               Make love make peace make haste it’s a slow release Great changes gonna carry you               End on    2nd Tab                           Bass arranged for guitar:             Riff A:                      |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |--6---6-6-4---4--------------------| |------------6----6--6-6-4---4------| |--------------------------7----4---| Piano arranged for guitar:                        Riff B:                                     |------------------------------------------| |-----------7-------7-----------7---10-9---| |-----8-------8-----------8-------8--------| |--10---10------10-----10---10-------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| Guitar part with riff B: (figure out the rythym!!) Riff C:                                                            |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-6-6-6---4--4-4--8--8-8-8--6-6-6-6-| |-6-6-6---4--4-4--8--8-8-8--6-6-6-6-| |-4-4-4---2--2-2--6--6-6-6--4-4-4-4-| Play Riff through Verse. Hanging on like hell to the safety chain    Lifebuoy crashlands in a vale of tears All the lovers are in retreat Out on the edge of the nervous street Riff X2 So deaf to the call of the wild             Deaf to the first born’s whispering plea Expanding frame the city is in heat Burning at the edges of the lonely street Chorus: (Piano arranged for guitar:)  I want to hold your precious head   |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-8---------8-8-------------8-------| |-9-----9---8-9-8-9--8--8---9-------| |-11---11---------------9--11-------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |------9-----11------9--------------| |-9-11---11------11-----------------| |-----------------------------------| I will not leave you nor pretend |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-8---------8-8---------------------| |-9-----9---8-9-8-9--8--------------| |-11---11---------------11--9-------| |---------------------------7-------| my friend |-----------------------------------| |-------------------------12--------| |-------8--------------10-10--------| |-8-9-8---9--11--9--11----11--------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| I’m going to hold you till the end |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-8---------8-8-------------8-------| |-9-----9---8-9-8-9--8--8---9-------| |-11---11---------------9--11-------| |-----------------------------------| riff BX2 Riff with Verse. Hey mama didn’t know we’d end up here       The snapshot is all tiles and red walls Down at the squatter’s camp they cannot compete The shepherd has been bound up by his hand and by his feet Riff BX2 Chorus Make Love make peace make haste   It’s a slow release Great changes gonna carry you Make Love make peace make haste   It’s a slow release Great changes gonna carry you Riff B. End

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