Misc Musicals – Miss Saigon - Bui Doi (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
Ab
N.C.
They're called Bui-Doi, the dust of life, conceived in hell, and born in strife N.C. They are the living reminder of all the good we failed to do N.C. We can't forget, must not forget, N.C. Ab That they are all our children, too [Verse 1]
            Eb            Ab
Like all survivors I once thought

         Eb/G                 Fm
When I'm home I won't give a damn

    Fm/Eb      Db        Eb                Ab
But now I know I'm caught, I'll never leave Vietnam

           Eb           Ab        Eb/G                     Fm
War isn't over when it ends, some pictures never leave you mind

             Fm/Eb         Bb/D                     Eb
They are the faces of the children the ones we left behind
[Chorus]
               Ab
They're called Bui-doi

          Bbm/Ab         Abmaj7                  Db
The dust of life, conceived in hell and born in strife

Bbm7             Ab/C    Db          C7                       Fm
   They are the living reminders of all the good we failed to do

          Db              Ab/Eb                  Eb             Ab
We can't forget, must not forget,  that they are all our children too
[Verse 2]
                Eb             Ab  Eb/G                       Fm  
These kids hit walls on every side, they don't belong in any place

      Fm/Eb          Db      Eb            Ab
Their secret, they can't hide, it's printed on their face

           Eb               Ab
I never thought one day I'd plead

     Eb                            Fm
For half-breeds from a land that's torn

    Fm/Eb                  Bb/D                        Eb
But then I saw a camp for children whose crime was being born
[Chorus]
               Ab
They're called Bui-Doi

          Bbm/Ab        Abmaj7                   Db
The dust of life,conceived in hell, and born in strife

Bbm7            Ab/C          Db       C7                     Fm
   We owe them fathers and a family a loving home they never knew

            Db             Ab/Eb                 Eb             Ab
Because we know deep in our hearts that they are all our children too
[Bridge]
Edim7          Fm         Eb/G           Ab
   These are souls in need, they need us to give

Am                E7 Bdim7                  Am
   Someone has to pay, for their chance to live

 F      Bb
Help me try
[Chorus]
               Bb
They're called Bui-Doi

            Cm/Bb             Bbmaj7              Eb
The dust of life, conceived in Hell, and born in strife

Cm7             Bb/D     Eb          D                        Gm
   They are the living reminders of all the good we failed to do           John:

Emb5             Bb/F
   That's why we know                                                      That's why we know

             Gm
Deep in our hearts                                                         Deep in our hearts

              Bb/F
That's why we know

              F7                Ab/Eb     Eb     Bb
That they are all our children, too