Misc Musicals – Miss Saigon - The Heat Is On In Saigon (Guitar)

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[Intro] E A E A E A B E A [Americans]
E                  A      E                         A
The heat is on in Saigon. The girls are hotter than hell

E                       A                Am
One of these slits here will be Miss Saigon

B7                   E                        A
God, the tension is high, not to mention the smell

E                   A                          B
The heat is on in Saigon. Is there a war going on?

B                         E   A
Don't ask, I ain't gonna tell

F#                        B
How are you doing there John?

F#                  B
I got the hots for Yvonne
[Chris]
F#                           B                         C#
We should get drunk and get laid, since the end is so near.

C#                           F#                B
Oh, I tell ya buddy I've had it. I don't wanna hear.
[John]
F#             B                                   C#
The heat is on Saigon. But till they tell me I am gone.

C#                   F#
I'm gonna buy you a girl!
[Chris]
F#                B
You can buy me a beer!
[Intermission] F Bb F G# C# F# B F# B [Mimi]
F#                   B
See my bikini, it's just the right size
[Yvette]
F#                     B
Don't you enjoy how it rides up my thighs?

F#                                     G#
Look from behind, it'll knock out your eyes
[Yvonne]
G#            C#                   D#m7
I'll show you my special trophy of war
[Mimi]
F#                      D#m7
For a marine, I'll show more
[Americans]
C#                        F#                       B
You won't get up off the floor. The heat is on in Saigon

F#                            B
Don't tell me I'm reassigned, all that chickenshit sucks

C#                    F#                       B
Tonight I'm out of my mind, not to mention ten bucks
[Gigi]
F#                  B
If I'm your pin-up, I'll melt all your brass

F#                        B
Stuck on your wall with a pin in my ass

F#                        B             G#
If you catch me, you will travel first class

G#             F#                    D#m7
I'll show you, will all make magic, Cheri
[Engineer]
F#           B           D#m7  F#         B           D#m7
You buy your tickets from me. The winner gets her for free
[Chris]
F#                   B
The meat is cheap in Saigon.

F#                        B                          C#
Why can't I just play the game, we lost the war long ago?

C#                     F#                        B
What is this bug up my ass? You tell me, I don't know.
[Kim]
C                     F
I'm seventeen and I'm new here today

C                        F
The village I come from seems so far away

C                          F
All of the girls know much more what to say

C            Em                      Am
But I know, I have a heart like the sea

C          Em            Am
A million dreams are in me
[Chris]
G                         C
Good Jesus, John, who is she?
[Americans]
E                           A
The Cong is tight'ning the noose

E                 A                      B
Is it a week or a day or an hour that we got?

B                          E                      A
Tonight could be our last shot, got to put it to use

F#                         B
Tonight I bet that you and I will get along

F#                       B
Forget about the threat, forget the Viet Cong

F#           B
Mimi, Gigi, Yvette, or Yvonne

C#             F#                   B
Gonna buy me a beer, and elect Miss Saigon
[Engineer] (spoken)
B        B      B     B    B
Yvonne, Yvette, Mimi, Kim, Gigi

A#         Am
Attention! By popular demand

G#                      C#
Miss Gigi Van Tranh. Is elected Miss Saigon!
[Americans]
F#                B        F#                      B
The heat is on in Saigon, and things are not going well

F#                         B             C#                 F#   B
But still at midnight the party goes on. A goodbye party in hell
[Engineer]
B    F#      B
And now who wins her?
[Gigi]
B
Number 66!