Cold Chisel – Khe Sanh (Guitar)

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  Em                   C                    G  G/F#  G  D
I left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.

       Em                    C                 D      Dsus4      D5  B
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.

             Em           C                G                   C
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city

         Am         F               D     Dsus4  D5  D
And it's only other vets could understand.

          Em             C              G  G/F#  G  D
'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,

               Em       C         D        Dsus4       D5  B
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;

       Em                 C               G                         C
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.

        Am               D                  G   C   G  D
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

        Em           C                   G  G/F#  G  D
She was like so many more from that time on

      Em                C                  D           Dsus4      D5    D
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one,

          Em              C               G                C
And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed,

          Am                  F             D     Dsus4  D5  D
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

        Em              C              G    G/F#   G  D
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long paypackets lean,

        Em            C                   D        Dsus4      D5    B B7
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been;

         Em              C            G                 C
But the carparks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams,

       Am               D             G   C   G  D
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine

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So I worked across the country from end to end

         Em              C                     D        Dsus4      D5
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend,

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Held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could,

        Am               F                  D    Dsus4  D5  D
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.

         Em                  C                  G  G/F#  G  D
And I've travelled round the world from year to year,

    Em                C                 D        Dsus4      D5    D
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear,

         Em                      C             G                 C
And I've been back to South East Asia, and the answer sure ain't there,

        Am                 D                 G   C   G  D
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again.

         Em            C               G  G/F#  G  D
Well the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.

         Em           C                  D        Dsus4  D5   D
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong.

          Em                     C             G             C
And there ain't nothin' like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess,

          Am                 F                  D   Dsus4  D5  D
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

         Em                C               G  G/F#  G  D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

             Em                C               D    Dsus4  D5  D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

         Em            C                   G                   C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.

             Am                D               G   C   G   D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

         Em                C               G  G/F#  G  D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

             Em                C               D    Dsus4  D5  D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

         Em            C                   G                   C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.

             Am                D               G   C   G   C   G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.