Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh

I saw Mossy playing this live years ago and he had a capo on the 5th fret. I've 
transcribed this myself and im certain the chords are accurate.

Capo 5th Fret 
Chords respective to capo (so play a Bm but the note is Em)

  Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)          AI (x02220@1)left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
       Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)                F#And (244322@1)my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
             Bm (x24432@1)         GI've (320003@1)had the Vietnam cold turkey
         D (xx0232@1)                  GFrom (320003@1)the ocean to the Silver City
         Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)             AAnd (x02220@1)it's only other vets could understand

          Bm (x24432@1)           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)            
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)     G (320003@1)       AHow (x02220@1)there were no V-day heroes in 1973
F# (244322@1)     Bm (x24432@1)              GHow (320003@1)we sailed into Sydney Harbour
       D (xx0232@1)                       GSaw (320003@1)an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
        Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  AShe (x02220@1)was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

            Bm (x24432@1)         G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)she was like so many more from that time on
      Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)                     
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
F# (244322@1)      Bm (x24432@1)             GAnd (320003@1)their legs were often open
          D (xx0232@1)                GBut (320003@1)their minds were always closed
          Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

        Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay-packet lean
        Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)                    F#And (244322@1)the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Bm (x24432@1)              GCar (320003@1)parks make me jumpy
      D (xx0232@1)               GAnd (320003@1)I never stopped the dreams
       Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  AOr (x02220@1)the growing need for speed and novocaine

     Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)                 DSo (xx0232@1)I worked across the country from end to end
A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)                   ATried (x02220@1)to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
F# (244322@1)   Bm (x24432@1)      GHeld (320003@1)a job on an oil-rig
       D (xx0232@1)             GFlying (320003@1)choppers when I could
        Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)               ABut (x02220@1)the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

         Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)I've travelled round the world from year to year
    Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)              AAnd (x02220@1)each one found me aimless, one more year the worst for wear
    F# (244322@1)      Bm (x24432@1)               GAnd (320003@1)I've been back to South East Asia
        D (xx0232@1)               GAnd (320003@1)the answer sure ain't there
         Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  ABut (x02220@1)I'm driftin' north, to check things out again

PIANO SOLO CHORDS
Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm  G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)   F# (244322@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em  A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A

          Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)        AWell (x02220@1)the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
     Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)                AAnd (x02220@1)only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
F# (244322@1)        Bm (x24432@1)              GThere (320003@1)ain't nothing like the kisses
       D (xx0232@1)           GFrom (320003@1)a jaded Chinese princess
          Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)                AI'm (x02220@1)gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

         Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) 
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A (x02220@1)          Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)            AYou (x02220@1)know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
F# (244322@1)     Bm (x24432@1)             GAnd (320003@1)it's really got me worried
         D (xx0232@1)                  GI'm (320003@1)goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
             Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)             DYou (xx0232@1)know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1) 
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A (x02220@1)          Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)            AYou (x02220@1)know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
F# (244322@1)    Bm (x24432@1)            GIt's (320003@1)a really got me worried
         D (xx0232@1)                  GI'm (320003@1)goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
              Em (022000@1)              A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone


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