Under The Overpass Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays628

Under The Overpass by Midnight Oil is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, F, G, Em, Dm and G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Am      C         F 
 Oh the news will travel slowly 
Am    C        F 
 Over broken glass 
Am     C       F 
 and I bet you heard that story 
F          G     C  
 under the overpass 

Am      C       F 
 got no time to weep for something 
Am      C         F 
 you'll never get back 
Am         C       F 
 if you're feeling cold and lonely 
F          G     C 
 under the overpass 

     F   G      F   Am 
hallelujah hallelujah 
F         G      C 
under the overpass 

Am    Em          Am            Em 
dingo howl in the middle of the night 
Dm        Am          Dm     C 
snakeskin crawl under desert sunlight 
Am Em       Am Em 
i  wish and i  hope 
Dm       Am       Dm             C 
someones there to drink from the soak 

G# 
 in the town where i hit the ground 
F 
 in the town with the full nelson sound 


Am        C         F 
 Yeah the news will travel slowly 
Am    C        F 
 Over broken glass 
Am        C                  F 
 time and again you're gonna hear that story 
F          G     C  
 under the overpass 


Am      C       F 
 got no time to weep for something 
Am      C         F 
 you'll never get back 
Am         C       F 
 if you're feeling cold and lonely 
F          G     C 
 under the overpass 


     F   G      F   Am 
hallelujah hallelujah 
     F   G      F   Am 
hallelujah hallelujah 
         F           G       C 
ya ya ya halle halle yeh yeh hey 


     F   G      F   Am 
hallelujah hallelujah 
     F  Am      F   Am 
hallelujah hallelujah 

F         G     Am 
under the overpass 
F         G     Am 
under the overpass 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante