Capo 1 
 
    B5 
Got on a plane in 'Frisco 
        G5  
And got off in Vietnam 
  B5 
I walked into a different world 
    G5 
The past forever gone 
E5                   F#5 
I could have gone to Canada 
     B5 
Or I could have stayed in school 
    E5               F#5   
But I was brought up differently 
  A5 
I couldn't break the rules 
 
Thirteen months and fifteen days 

The last ones were the worst 

One minute I'd kneel down and pray 

And the next I'd stand and curse 
 
No place to run to 

Where I did not feel that war 

When I got home I stayed alone 

And checked behind each door 
        B5 
Cuz I'm still in Saigon 
G5 
Still in Saigon 
     B5 
I am still in Saigon 
      G5  F#5   E5 
In my mi-i-i?i-nd  

 The ground at home was covered in snow 

And I was covered in sweat 

My younger brother calls me a killer 

And my daddy calls me a vet 

Everybody says I'm someone else 

And I'm sick and there's no cure 

Damned if I know who I am 

There was only one place I was sure 
 
When i was: Chorus 
 
Bridge: 
E5           B5  
Every summer when it rains 
  E5                  B5 
I smell the jungle, I hear the planes 
  E5                   B5 
I can't tell no one, I feel ashamed 
  F#5                B5 
Afraid some day I'll go insane 
 
 
That's been ten long years ago 
And time has gone on by 
Now and then I catch myself 
Eyes searching through the sky 
All the sounds of long ago 
Will be forever in my head 
Mingled with the wounded cries 
And the silence of the dead 
 
'Cuz I'm Chorus 
 
I am still in Saigon 
I am still in Saigon 
Yes, I'm still in Saigon 
In my mind