Midnight Oil "Blue Sky Mine" Dm F Dm G Dm Am F C He he he hey . (There'll be food on the table tonight) . He he he hey yeah . (There'll be pay in your pocket tonight) C Am My gut is wrenched out it is crunched up and broken . My life that is lived is no more than a token F G Am Who'll strike the flint upon the stone and tell me why? C Am If I yell out at night there's a reply of blue silence . The screen is no comfort I can't speak my sentence F G Am They blew the lights at heaven's gate and I don't know why Dm F Dm G . But if I work all day on the blue sky mine Dm Am F C (There'll be food on the table tonight) Dm F Dm G Still I walk up and down on the blue sky mine Dm Am F C (There'll be pay in your pocket tonight) C Am The candy store paupers lie to the shareholders . They're crossing their fingers they pay the truth makers F G Am The balance sheet is breaking up the sky C Am So I'm caught at the junction still waiting for medicine . The sweat of my brow keeps on feeding the engine F G Am Hope the crumbs in my pocket can keep me for another night Dm G And if the blue sky mining company won't come to my rescue . If the sugar refining company won't save me F Bb C Am Who's gonna save me? Dm F Dm G And some have sailed from a distant shore Dm Am F C And the company takes what the company wants Dm F Dm G And nothing's as precious Dm Am F C As a hole in the ground C Am F G Am Dm F Dm G F Bb C Am Who's gonna save me? (2x) F G I pray that sense and reason brings us in C Am Who's gonna save me? (2x) F G We've got nothing to fear C Am In the end the rain comes down (2x) F G Washes clean the streets of a blue sky town C