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Burnie by Midnight Oil
from the album "Scream in Blue"
(tabbed for one guitar)
Verse:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------0-2-|
D|-----------------------------2-3-------------------------2-3-2-3-|
A|---------1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1-1-0/5-5-5-0---------|
E|-1-1-1-1-------------------------1-1-1-1-------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------2-3-----------------------------2-3-|
A|---------1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1-1-0/5-5-5-0-0-0-----|
E|-1-1-1-1-------------------------1-1-1-1-------------------------|
The last 2 bars leading into the bridge go:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------8---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------6---------|
D|-----------------------------2-3-----------------------8---------|
A|---------1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------1-1-1-0/5-5---6---------|
E|-1-1-1-1-------------------------1-1-1-1-------------------------|
Bridge#1:
D#7 (2 bars) C# (7 bars) A (1 bar)
Chorus:
E C G D E C G D E C G D E C D
E C G D E C G D E C G D E C
Bridge#2:
e|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
B|-0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----0-1-----0-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------0-------------------------------0-------------|
A|-----0-------------------------------0-----------------------------|
E|-------------0---------------1---------------0---------------1-----|
and back into the verse.
In the second verse there are a couple of little adlibs/solos:
adlib#1:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------3-----7---------0-2---|
D|-----3-----3---3-----7---2-3-2-3---|
A|---0---0-1------/5-----5-----------|
E|-1---------------------------------|
adlib#2:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------------6-----5---------|
G|-------------3-----------------7---|
D|-----3-----3---3-----7-----7-------|
A|---0---0-1------/5-----5-----5-----|
E|-1---------------------------------|
*The second Bridge#2 sort of fades into a variation of adlib#2...
and then back into Bridge#2...
That's about it!
LYRICS
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brought up in a world of changes
part time cleaner in a holiday flat
I stare out to sea at the ships at night
no anaesthesia, I'm going to work on it day by day
no zephyr, no light relief it seems
but maybe it's a dream
I'm lying back in a row of timber
cases placed out on the dock
with nightmare faces looking at me
and I can see now, I wanna be free now
this is my home
this is my sea
don't paint it with the future of factories
I want to stay
I feel ok
there's nothing else that's perfect
I'll have my way
brought up in a world of changes,
waste-product, pedestrian limb from limb
short-changed by the surfin' priest again
two children in the harbour,
they play their games storm water drain
write their contract in the sand, it'll be grey for life
but you can draw the blind,
but you can't stop the sun from shining
on and on and getting you there
the tide forever beckons you to leave
but something holds you back,
it's not the promise of a swell or a girl
just a hope that someday, some way,
it'll be ok. You stop and say
This is my home
This is my sea
Don't paint it with the future of factories
this is my life
this is my right
I'll make it what I want to
I'll stay and I'll fight
END
This song absolutely rocks. Hail to the kings.
Jonathan Hart
Oils@total.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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julius Average |
#1 by julius vaisanen at Sep 9, 1972 at 10:47 PM EST |
| No for if I was a school teacher I would correct your poor use of the English language in your recent comments. Which I won't, seeing as you brought up good points, Burnie used to be polluted, and I corrected you because the way it was written it seemed you claimed it still is. I apologise for any emotional grievance I caused you in me claiming you were a dickhead. | |
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Dan Average |
#2 by Dan Johnson at Apr 1, 1975 at 5:37 PM EST |
| Burnie - a terribly polluted town on the Tasmanian coast. | |
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calvin Wanna Be |
#3 by calvin maynard at Jun 14, 1991 at 11:29 PM EST |
| And Armodean, I would like to remind you that the purpose of this website is to inform others as to what the songs mean, The website is called "Song Meanings" after all. And Burnie is a song written about what was, at the time of writing, a polluted coastal town in Tasmania. As for your weak analogy: If a song such as "Wer'e Bound For Botany Bay" was on this website, then the song meaning would come close to that of Sydney being full of convicts and free settlers. Before you try sarcasm for effect make sure that it won't backfire on you. So Asmodean you are the dickhead. | |
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nate Average |
#4 by nate eastman at Sep 9, 1992 at 3:00 PM EST |
| Asmodean - No doubt you are a very successful schoolteacher with your charming and motivational way way of correcting people who make innocent mistakes....... Go get stuff_d ! | |
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Batmanuel Badass |
#5 by Batmanuel at Jan 24, 2006 at 3:26 AM EST |
| I would like to update Chrisb1 on the current condition of Burnie. 20 years ago burnie was polluted, which is when Peter Garret was here last. However, I have lived in Burnie for 16 years and it is one of the cleanest towns in Australia. Only 120 odd km from the cleanest air in the world and the winner or 2000's Tasmanias Tidiest Town Award I would like to inform people that Burnie is not exactly exciting but it is remarkably clean. Chrisb1 is a dickhead. Calling Burnie terribly polluted would be like calling Sydney a small town full of convicts and English free settlers. Get up to speed mate. | |
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