When The Generals Talk Chords & Tabs
When The Generals Talk Tab
Midnight Oil
Red Sails in the Sunset
When The Generals Talk
Copyrighted © by Columbia Records, 1984
Version 1.0 October 1984
Tabbed by: Alexander Westers
infernal_purge@hotmail.com
Note:
\\ = slide down
~~ = vibrato
Bass opening:
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----4--4--0-|
Riff 1’:
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------5--7\\---|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-2--3--0-----------|-0-0-2--0-0-2--0-0-2--0-0-2--|
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Riff 1:
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------5~~---|
|-0-0-2--3--0-----------|-0-0-2--3--0--------|
Chorus:
|-7~~--|-7~~--|
|-7~~--|-7~~--|
|-7~~--|-7~~--|
|-9~~--|-9~~--|
|------|------|
|------|------|
Riff 1”:
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------7--9\\---|--------------7~~---|
|-2-2-4--5--2-----------|-2-2-4--5--2--------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
Riff 2:
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------0------0----|------0-3------3-1-|
|------1------1---/2-|----1--------1-----|
|--0-3------2--------|--3--------2-------|
|--------------------|---------|---------|
|--------------------|---------|---------|
*
* = Third time, riff stops here
Song structure:
Riff 1’
Riff 1 (3x)
Chorus (2x)
Riff 1”
Chorus (2x)
Riff 2 (3x)
Riff 1
Riff 1’
Riff 1 (3x)
Chorus (2x)
Riff 1
Riff 1 (first half)
Riff 1
