I take no credit for this tab, all credit should go to Dean Povey who made
everything in this tab, all i did was put the chords above the words in the latter verses.
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
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Transcribed by Dean Povey (dean@psy.uq.edu.au)
Chords
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G (320003@1) 320003 D (xx0232@1) xx0232 Em (022000@1) 0220xx C (x32010@1) x32010
Bm (x24432@1) x24432 Am (x02210@1) xx2210 G/f# 200003
Notation
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h- (x2444x@1)Hammer on
p - Pull off
Riffs
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Riff 1 Riff 2
e--------- (022000@1) e---------| (022000@1) b--------- (x24432@1) b---------| (x24432@1) g-----0-2- (355333@1) g-2h4p2---| (355333@1) d-0-2----- (xx0231@1) d---------| (xx0231@1)
Intro
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G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1)Am (x02210@1)DRiff (xx0232@1)1 / / / Riff 2 / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse
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Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)DI (xx0232@1)Left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CI've (x32010@1)had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)it's only other vets could understand.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)D'Bout (xx0232@1)the long forgotten dockside guarantees,
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DHow (xx0232@1)there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CHow (x32010@1)we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)DShe (xx0232@1)was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
Lyrics
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Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)D1. (xx0232@1)She was like so many more from that time on
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found there chosen one,
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) And their legs were often open, But their minds were always closed,
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) D (xx0232@1) And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G/f# G (320003@1)D2. (xx0232@1)And the legal pads were yellow, Hours long paypackets lean,
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) And the telex writers clattered Where the gunships once had been;
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) But the carparks made me jumpy, And I never stopped the dreams,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)D3. (xx0232@1)So I worked across the country from end to end
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Tried to find a place to settle down, Where my mixed up life could mend,
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Held a job on an oil-rig, Flying choppers when I could,
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) D (xx0232@1) But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)D4. (xx0232@1)And I've travelled round the world from year to year,
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) And each one found me aimless One more year the worse for wear,
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) And I've been back to South East Asia, And the answer sure ain't there,
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) But I'm drifting north, To check things out again.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)D5. (xx0232@1)Well the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) And only seven flying hours, And I'll be landing in Hong Kong.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) And there ain't nothin' like the kisses From a jaded Chinese princess,
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) D (xx0232@1) I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)G/f# G (320003@1)D6. (xx0232@1)Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
