One Country Chords
by Midnight Oil
One Country by Midnight Oil is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Transcribed by...Pugwall & Me
1st Verse:
G C G
Who'd like to change the world
G C G
Who wants to shoot the curl
D C G
Who gets to work for bread
D C Em
Who wants to get ahead
G C G
Who hands out equal rights
G C G
Who starts and ends that fight
D C G
And not not rant and rave
D C Em D
Or end up a slave
G C G
Who can make hard won gains
G C G
Fall like the summer rain
D C G
Now every man must be
D C Em
What his life can be
C D Em C G
So don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
Break: not sure about this but the following notes seem to go okay
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-3-3-7-3-8-7-5-7-|
Em D
2nd Verse:
(Repeat chords from 1st verse)
Who want's to please everyone, who says it all can be done
Still sit up on that fence, no-one I've heard of yet
Don't call me baby, don't talk in maybes
Don't talk like has-beens, sing it like it should be
Who laughs at the nagging doubt, lying on a neon shroud
Just gotta touch someone, I want to be
C D Em C
So don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
D Em C
Don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
D Em C G
Don't call, me, the tune, I will walk away
Break:
Bridge:
Am C D
Am C Am C D
Am C Am C D
Am C D
G C G F
G C G
Am C Am F
Am C D F
(Repeat these chords to end)
One country one, country one country
Who wants to sit around, turn it up turn it down
Only a man can be, what his life can be
One vision, one people, one landmass, we are defenceless, we have a lifeline
One ocean, one policy, seabed lies, one passion, one movement, one instant
One difference, one lifetime, one understanding
G C G
Transgression, redemption, one island, our placemat
Am C Am C Am C D F G
One firmament, one element, one moment, one fusion, yes and one time