KHE SANH - COLD CHISEL Intro: Play the NOTES D,E,G,A. Then the CHORDS: G D/F# Em D C Bm C D then straight into the verse Verse 1 Em C G CD I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh Em C D D6 D7 Ebdim And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the Black market man Em C I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, G C from the ocean to the silver city Am F D D6 Ebdim And it's only other vets would understand Em C G C D About the long forgotten dockside guarantees Em C D D6Ebdim How there were no V-day heroes in 1973 Em C How we sailed into Sydney harbour, G C Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her Am D G C D She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land Verse 2 Em C G C D And she was like so many more from that time on Em C D D6 D7 Ebdim Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one Em C And their legs were often open G C But their minds were always closed Am F D D6 DEbdim And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains Em C G C G D And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean Em C D D6 D7 Ebdim And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been Em C But the car parks made me jumpy G C And I never stopped the dreams Am D G C D Or the growing need for speed and novacaine Verse 3 Em C GD So I worked across the country end to end Em C D D6 D7 Ebdim Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend Em C Held a job on an oil-rig G C Flying choppers when I could Am F D D6Ebdim But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend Em C G C D And I've travelled round the world from year to year Em C D D6 D7 Ebdim And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear Em C And I've been back to South East Asia G C But the answer sure ain't there Am D G C D But I'm drifting north, to check things out again Synth Solo CHORDS ECGD ECDB ECGC ADGCGD Verse 4 Em C G C D You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Em C D D6 D7 Ebdim Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong Em C There ain't nothing like the kisses G C From a jaded Chinese princess Am F D D6 D7 Ebdim\ I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long Em C G C D Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Em C D D6Ebdim Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Em C And it's really got me worried G C I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry Am D G G You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone