Midnight Oil › Power And The Passion Guitar Tab

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Tabs:

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Power And The Passion Tab

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VERSE rhythm:
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-4-4-6-7---------4-4-6-7---------6-6-6-----------4-4-6-7---------|
A-|-2-2-4-5---------2-2-4-5---------4-4-4-4---------2-2-4-5---------|
E-|---------------------------------------2-------------------------|

VERSE lead:
e-|-----7-------10------7-------10------9-------14------7-------10--|
B-|-----7-------10------7-------10------9-------14------7-------10--|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


D  E    (power chords)

then, rhythm:
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----9-9-------------9-9-------------9-9-------------9-9---------|
D-|-----9-9-------------9-9-------------9-9-------------9-9---------|
A-|-----7-7-------------7-7-------------7-7-------------7-7---------|
E-|0000------------0000------------0000------------0000-------------|

and lead:
e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------2-------------------------|
E-|-0-0-2-3---------0-0-2-3---------2-2-2-----------0-0-2-3---------|

CHORUS:
e-|-6-------------------------------6-------------------------------|
B-|-7---------------6---------------6-------------------------------|
G-|-8---------------6---------------6-------------------------------|
D-|-8---------------6---------------8-------------------------------|
A-|-6---------------4---------------8-------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------6-------------------------------|

and
e-|-6---------------4---------------6-------------------------------|
B-|-7---------------6---------------7-------------------------------|
G-|-8---------------6---------------8-------------------------------|
D-|-8---------------6---------------8-------------------------------|
A-|-6---------------4---------------6-------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

BRIDGE rhythm:

B  A  G

BRIDGE lead (at the end):

e-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-4-------45-2----5-------56-3---3-322332232----------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------2---------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------3--------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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Power And The Passion Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture tim Average	#1 by tim martin at Jun 9, 1973 at 11:07 AM EST
	Love the drum solo(s) and the line 'Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.'

No Picture Damien Wanna Be	#2 by Damien Pritchard at Mar 22, 1996 at 5:03 AM EST
	That line was originally quoted (by General Franko I think) during the Spanish Civil War of the 1950's. Bloody US imperialism!

No Picture Mike Average	#3 by Mike at Oct 13, 1997 at 9:30 AM EST
	"Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees": (to chrisb1) General Franco was a far right dictator, so he has certainly never said theses words, related to the left revolutionary "tradition" (from Spartacus to Che Ghevara). And the Spanish Civil War, which took places during the 1930's, opposed these two sides: - republicans, socialists and anarchists as Durruti VS - conservative catholics and fascists as Franco. The first ones where supported by the Soviet Union, the second ones by the Nazis (you know ? this bad guys, famous during the 1930's and 1940's)... THIS WAR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH US IMPERIALISM (please read a little of History before writing such bullshits): US imperialism get to a worldwide scale at the end of WWII. About the meaning of this song (for me): sickness of "too much sunshine", too much comfort and illusion provided by consumption society, makes you forget the real political stakes. You have fun, you feel free and well though you live on your knees; when you realize the illusion "It's enough to make you wann cry".

No Picture Andrew Wanna Be	#4 by Andrew Long at Jun 12, 2005 at 5:46 PM EST
	2 comments, wtf? How awesome is the brass in the 3rd verse? "Laughing at the truth, 'cos Gough was tough till he hit the rough" Is Gough Whitlam, he was tough till things went to shit at the end of his time as PM. He's still a tough old bloke, mind you ;)