JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Kosciusko" merupakan lagu rock dari grup musik asal Australia, Midnight Oil.
Lagu tersebut dirilis pada 1984 silam dalam sebuah album yang dinamakan Red Sails in the Sunset.
Pada tahun yang sama, album kelima Midnight Oil itu mendapat nominasi Best Australian Album di acara penghargaan musik Australia.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu King of the Mountain dari Midnight Oil
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Kosciusko" dari Midnight Oil berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
A E
Older Than Kosciusko
Darwin down to Alice Springs
B
Dealers in the clearing-house, The Settlements explode
A E
High up in the homelands
miners drive across the land
B
Encounter no resistance when the people block the road
A E
Older than Kosciusko
dry white seasons years ago
B
darkness over Charleville, the fires Begin to glow
[Chorus]
A B
No end to the Hostility
C#m E D
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D
now they'd like to be someone else
[Verse 2]
A E
Older than Kosciusko
Driven back to Alice Springs
B
Endless storm & struggle marks the spirit of the age
A E
High up in the homelands
Celebration 'cross the land
B
Builds up like a cyclone, Now the fires begin to rage
[Chorus]
A B
No end to the Hostility
C#m E D
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D
now they'd like to be someone else
B
Call off the ultimatum, no don't turn away
B
Call off the ultimatum until yesterday
B D B A
Call off the ultimatum, no don't turn away
C D B A
Find out the broken hearted, no don't turn away
C D B A
Call off the ultimatum until yesterday
[Chorus]
A B
No end to the Hostility
C#m E D
now they wanna be somewhere else
A B
No stranger to brutality
C#m E D
now they'd like to be someone else
A B
No end to the Hostility
C#m E
now they wanna be somewhere