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Cold Chisel; Khe Sanh
chords and words
INTRO:
Ab Eb/G Fm Eb C# Ab/C Bbm Eb
verse 1:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
Fm C# Eb Fm/Eb Eb
And i sold my soul with my cigaretts to the black market man
Edim Fm C#
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
Ab C#
Bbm F# Eb Fm Eb/G Eb
And it's only other Vets could understand
verse 2
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
About the long forgotten dockside guarentees
Fm Eb C# Eb/G Fm Eb
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy three
Fm C#
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
Ab C#
saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab Eb/G
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
verse 3:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
And she was like so many more from that time on
Fm Eb C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one
Fm C#
And their legs were often open
Ab C#
but their minds were always closed
Bbm F# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
verse 4:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypackets lean
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
And the telex writers clattered were the gunships once had been
Fm C#
But the car parks made me jumpy
Ab C#
And it never stopped the dreams
Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab
or the growing need for speed and novacaine
verse 5:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
So I worked across the country end to end
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
Fm C#
Held a job on an oil-rig
Ab C#
flying choppers when I could
Bbm F# Eb Fm/Eb Eb Edim
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
verse 6:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb
And each one's found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear
Edim Fm C#
And i've been back to South East Asia
Ab C#
but the answer sure aint there
Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab
But I'm drifting North to check things ouit again
this fills the next bit:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
Fm C# Ab C# Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab Eb/G
verse 7:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb
Only seven flying hours and i'll be landing in Hong Kong
Edim Fm C#
There aint nothin like the kisses
Ab C#
Bbm F# Eb Fm/Eb Eb Edim
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong matress all night long
verse 8:
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Edim Fm C#
and it's really got me worried
Ab C#
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Bbm Eb Ab Eb/G
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Edim Fm C#
and it's really got me worried
Ab C#
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab C# Ab
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
This also sounds great just on piano, top song.
- Sam Mather