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Khe Sanh Tab

by Cold Chisel


Cold Chisel – Khe Sanh

I saw Mossy playing this live years ago and he had a capo on the 5th fret. I've 

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

                                                      
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
                                                             
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
                        
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
                             
From the ocean to the Silver City
                                 
And it's only other vets could understand

                                                   
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
                              
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
                       
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
                                
Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
                                                       
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

                                                   
And she was like so many more from that time on
                                                             
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
                       
And their legs were often open
                            
But their minds were always closed
                                         
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

                                                          
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay-packet lean
                                                              
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
                
Car parks make me jumpy
                       
And I never stopped the dreams
                                                     
Or the growing need for speed and novocaine

                                        
So I worked across the country from end to end
                                            
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
             
Held a job on an oil-rig
                      
Flying choppers when I could
                                         
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

                                                     
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
                                     
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worst for wear
                             
And I've been back to South East Asia
                         
And the answer sure ain't there
                                                        
But I'm driftin' north, to check things out again

PIANO SOLO CHORDS
         
         
       
       

                                                   
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
                                       
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
                          
There ain't nothing like the kisses
                    
From a jaded Chinese princess
                                             
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

                                            
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
                                            
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
                      
And it's really got me worried
                             
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
                                            
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

                                           
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
                                            
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
                    
It's a really got me worried
                             
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
                                                         
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone


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