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KHE SANH
Cold Chisel
I [Em] Left my heart to the [C] sappers round Khe [G] Sahn. [D]
And my [Em] soul was sold with my [C] cigarettes,
To the [D] black market man.
I've had the [Em] Vietnam cold [C] turkey,
From the [G] ocean to the silver [C] city
And it's [Am] only other [F] vets could under-[D]-stand.
'Bout the [Em] long forgotten [C] dockside guaran-[G]-tees, [D]
How there were [Em] no V-day heroes
In [C] nineteen seventy-[D]-three;
How we [Em] sailed into Sydney [C] Harbour,
saw an [G] old friend but I couldn't [C] kiss her.
She was [Am] lined, and I was [D] home
To the lucky [G] land [C][G][D]
She was [Em] like so many [C] more from that time [G] on [D]
Their [Em] lives were all so [C] empty,
Till they'd [D] found their chosen one,
And their [Em] legs were often [C] open,
But their [G] minds were always [C] closed,
And their [Am] hearts were held in [F] fast suburban [D] chains
And the [Em] legal pads were [C] yellow,
Hours [G] long paypackets [D] lean,
And the [Em] telex writers [C] clattered
Where the [D] gunships once had been;
But the [Em] carparks made me [C] jumpy,
And I [G] never stopped the [C] dreams,
Or the [Am] growing need for [F] speed and novo-[D]-caine
So I [Em] worked across the [C] country from end to [G] end [D]
Tried to [Em] find a place to [C] settle down,
Where my [D] mixed up life could mend,
Held a [Em] job on an [C] oil-rig,
Flying [G] choppers when I [C] could,
But the [Am] nightlife nearly [F] drove me round the [D] bend.
And I've [Em] travelled round the [C] world from year to [G] year, [D]
And [Em] each one found me [C] aimless,
One more [D] year the worse for wear,
And I've [Em] been back to South East [C] Asia,
And the [G] answer sure ain't [C] there,
But I'm [Am] drifting north, To [F] check things out [D] again.
Well the [Em] last plane of [C] Sydney's almost [G] gone. [D]
And only [Em] seven flying [C] hours,
And I'll be [D] landing in Hong Kong.
And there ain't [Em] nothin' like the [C] kisses
From a [G] jaded Chinese [C] princess,
I'm gonna [Am] hit some Hong Kong [F] mattress all night [D] long
Well the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost [G] gone. [D]
You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost [D] gone.
And it's [Em] really got me [C] worried,
I'm going [G] nowhere and I'm in a [C] hurry.
You know the [Am] last plane out of [F] Sydney's almost [D] gone.
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