KHE SANH - COLD CHISEL

Intro:

Play the NOTES D,E,G,A. Then the CHORDS: G D/F# Em D C Bm C D then straight into the verse

Verse 1
  Em (022000@1)                  C (x32010@1)               GC GD
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
       Em (022000@1)                  C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)    D6 (xx04xx@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)EbdimAnd (2312xx@1)my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the Black market man
             Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)     
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, 
         G (320003@1)                 Cfrom (x32010@1)the ocean to the silver city
         Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)             DD6 D7Ebdim
And it's only other vets would understand

Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)            GC GD
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
               Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)       DD6 D7Ebdim
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
       Em (022000@1)               CHow (x32010@1)we sailed into Sydney harbour,
         G (320003@1)                   CSaw (x32010@1)an old friend but couldn't kiss her
        Am (x02210@1)             D (xx0232@1)               GC GD
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

Verse 2
  Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)               GC GD
And she was like so many more from that time on
         Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)        D6 (xx04xx@1)  D7Ebdim
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
           Em (022000@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)their legs were often open
           G (320003@1)              CBut (x32010@1)their minds were always closed
          Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)           DD6 D7Ebdim
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)             GC GD
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean
        Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)                  DD6 D7Ebdim
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
        Em (022000@1)              CBut (x32010@1)the car parks made me jumpy
      G (320003@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)I never stopped the dreams
        Am (x02210@1)            D (xx0232@1)            GC GD
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine

Verse 3
     Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)              GC GD
So I worked across the country end to end
         Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)                   DD6 D7Ebdim 
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
       Em (022000@1)      CHeld (x32010@1)a job on an oil-rig
       G (320003@1)              CFlying (x32010@1)choppers when I could
        Am (x02210@1)             F (133211@1)                DD6 D7Ebdim
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
         Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)                GC GD
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
    Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)              D6D7 EbdimAnd (2312xx@1)each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear
              Em (022000@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)I've been back to South East Asia
        G (320003@1)               CBut (x32010@1)the answer sure ain't there
        Am (x02210@1)               D (xx0232@1)               GC GD
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again

Synth Solo CHORDS
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)   DEm  C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)   BEm  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) CAm  D (xx0232@1)GC GD

Verse 4
             Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)             GC GD
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
     Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)     D6 (xx04xx@1)     D7Ebdim 
Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
            Em (022000@1)             CThere (x32010@1)ain't nothing like the kisses
       G (320003@1)           CFrom (x32010@1)a jaded Chinese princess
          Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)       D (xx0232@1)                 D6D7 Ebdim\
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)             GC GD
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
         Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)             DD6 D7Ebdim
Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
         Em (022000@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)it's really got me worried
          G (320003@1)             CI'm (x32010@1)goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
             Am (x02210@1)              D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone