Cold Chisel; Khe Sanh chords and words INTRO: Ab Eb/G Fm Eb C# Ab/C Bbm Eb verse 1: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh Fm C# Eb Fm/Eb Eb And i sold my soul with my cigaretts to the black market man Edim Fm C# I've had the Vietnam cold turkey Ab C# from the ocean to the silver city Bbm F# Eb Fm Eb/G Eb And it's only other Vets could understand verse 2 Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G About the long forgotten dockside guarentees Fm Eb C# Eb/G Fm Eb How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy three Fm C# How we sailed into Sydney Harbour Ab C# saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab Eb/G She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land verse 3: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G And she was like so many more from that time on Fm Eb C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one Fm C# And their legs were often open Ab C# but their minds were always closed Bbm F# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains verse 4: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypackets lean Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim And the telex writers clattered were the gunships once had been Fm C# But the car parks made me jumpy Ab C# And it never stopped the dreams Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab or the growing need for speed and novacaine verse 5: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G So I worked across the country end to end Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend Fm C# Held a job on an oil-rig Ab C# flying choppers when I could Bbm F# Eb Fm/Eb Eb Edim But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend verse 6: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G And I've travelled round the world from year to year Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb And each one's found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear Edim Fm C# And i've been back to South East Asia Ab C# but the answer sure aint there Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab But I'm drifting North to check things ouit again this fills the next bit: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim Fm C# Ab C# Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab Eb/G verse 7: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Only seven flying hours and i'll be landing in Hong Kong Edim Fm C# There aint nothin like the kisses Ab C# From a jaded Chinese Princess Bbm F# Eb Fm/Eb Eb Edim I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong matress all night long verse 8: Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Edim Fm C# and it's really got me worried Ab C# I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry Bbm Eb Ab Eb/G And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Edim Fm C# and it's really got me worried Ab C# I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab C# Ab And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone This also sounds great just on piano, top song. - Sam Mather
