Morten Harket - East-Timor

      
 
 Rhthym | |. |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4
 Chords C A-/B | D harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure
 Lyrics yooohoo!!
 Choir (yeah!!)
 Notes c a single notes of the lead singer
 Choir g e second voice
 
 
 d  d    d   d    d  d      d  d   
 Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 
 d  d    d   d    d  d      d  d   
 Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 
  Eb          F       D-7   G-   C-       Ab         C-     Bb  
 Sandalwood trees are evergreen cut them down plant coffee beans
 
  Eb         F          Bb      G-    Ab           Bb  
 build no schools construct no roads mark them as fools
 
 d d o
     Eb         Bb7+              Eb7+  D-7      Eb7+  
 let ignorance rule leave them stranded on their island
 d 
  
   C-        Bb     Ab      Bb    
 treat them to the tune of silence
 
 d o | | | | o
  Eb          F         G-7         C-  Eb      C-  Ab Eb7+  Ab Bb 
 red is the cross that covers our shame  every kingdom eve..ry land
 
 d | | o | | | | o
          Eb           Eb9  Ab C-9 C-  Ab  Eb7+ Ab Bb 
 has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide
 
 d d d d d d d d 
         

 G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 

 shifts the sand
 
  Eb      F       D-7     G-     C-    Ab       C-      Bb  
 bury my heart on East-Timor in coral sands on golden shores
 
  Eb          F        Bb          G-    Ab          Bb     
 buried are those who lived their lives no place to hide for
 
 d d 
 
  Eb          Bb7+              Eb7+  D-7      G-9  Eb7+ 
 father and child leave them stranded on their island
 
   C-        Bb     Ab      Bb    
 treat them to the tune of silence
 
 d o | | | | o
      Eb       F          G-7         C-   Eb         C-  Ab Eb7+  Ab  Bb 
 we shake the hands that kill and forgive..... every kingdom eve..ry land
 
 d | | o | | | | o
          Eb           Eb9  Ab C-9 C-  Ab  Eb7+ Ab Bb 
 has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide
 
 d d d d d d 
       

 G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 

 shifts the sand
 
 d  d    d   d    d  d      d  d   
 Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 
 Eb        F       D-7     G-     C-      Ab           C-            Bb     
  bury my heart on East-Timor on barren graves where flowers won't grow
 
   Eb        F         Bb    G-      Ab          Bb 
 blooms our Red cross lovingly this nightingale deed
 
 o
      Eb         Bb7+  Eb7+  D-7      Eb7+  
 now we can be free stranded on their island
 
 d d 
   
 C-    Bb   Ab      Bb   
  this army of the silent
 
 d o | | | | o
     Eb       F        G-7         C-  Eb         C-  Ab Eb7+  Ab  Bb 
 we toast our own goodwill and forge.....t every kingdom eve..ry land
 
 d | | o | | | | o
          Eb           Eb9  Ab C-9 C-  Ab  Eb7+ Ab Bb 
 has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide
 
 d d d d d d d d 
         

 G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 

 shifts the sand
 
 d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d 
                 

 Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
 

 
 d d d d d d d d d d ...

 Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ ...
 

 
 
 
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