River Runs Red

Midnight Oil

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River Runs Red

Year: 1990 - Album: Blue Sky Mining

Written by Rob Hirst/Jim Moginie

Key: Em

River Runs Red Key BmBm

River Runs Red Key CmCm

River Runs Red Key C#mC#m

River Runs Red Key DmDm(one step down)

River Runs Red Key D#mD#m(half step down)

River Runs Red Key EmEm(original key)

River Runs Red Key FmFm(half step up)

River Runs Red Key F#mF#m(one step up)

River Runs Red Key GmGm

River Runs Red Key G#mG#m

River Runs Red Key AmAm

River Runs Red Key A#mA#m

	  		
        Em                     A    F C
So you cut all the tall trees down
     G                        D   B7
You poisoned the sky and the sea
        Em                          A     F C
You've taken what's good from the ground
         G                        D   B7
But you left precious little for me

        Em                     A    F C
You remember the flood and the fall
       G                      D    B7
We remember the light on the hill
        Em                    A   F C
There should be enough for us all
         G                     D    G D
But the dollar is driving us still
                Am
The river runs red, black rain falls
            G
Dust in my hand
            F               G
River runs red, black rain falls
                 D
  On my bleeding land

       Em                       A    F C
So we came and conquered and found
 G                     D    B7
Riches of commons and kings
       Em                         A    F C
Who strangled and wrestled the ground
          G                  D    B7
But they never put back anything
          Em                     A    F C
Now I'm trapped like a dog in a cage
     G                     D    B7
Where ever the truth is pursued
    Em                       A  F C
It must be the curse of the age
        G                 D     G D
What's taken is never renewed

The last Chorus goes:
               Am
The river runs red, black rain falls
            G
Dust in my hand
            F               G
River runs red, black rain falls
                 F  C  G  D  
  On my bleeding land

F C G D   F C G D  F C G D   F C G D
land....  land     land....   land

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