Chords:
{t: Khe Sanh }
{artist:Cold Chisel}
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Thanks to Bruce Horsfall and Chris Hughes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTjvG4WJD_A
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I [Em] left my heart to the [C] sappers round Khe [G] Sanh [D]
And my [Em] soul was sold with my [C] cigarettes to the [D] black market man
[Em] I’ve had the Vietnam cold [C] turkey from the ocean to the silver [G] city
And it’s [Am] only other [F] vets could under[D]stand [G] [D]
About the [Em] long forgotten [C] dockside guaran[G]tee [C] [G]
[D] How there were [Em] no V-day [C] heroes in [D] 1973
How we [Em] sailed into Sydney [C] Harbour [G] saw an old friend but couldn’t [C] kiss her
She was lined and [Am] I was [D] home to the lucky [G] land [C] [G]
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[D] And she was [Em] like so many [C] more from that time [G] on
[D] Their [Em] lives were all so [C] empty till they’d [D] found their chosen one
And their [Em] legs were often [C] open but their [G] minds were always [C] closed
And their [Am] hearts were held in [F] fast suburban [D] chains
And the [Em] legal pads were [C] yellow, hours [G] long, paypacket lean
And the [Em] telex writers [C] clattered where the [D] gunships once had been
But the [Em] car parks made me [C] jumpy and I [G] never stopped the [C] dreams
Or the [Am] growing need for [D] speed and novo[G]caine
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[D] So I [Em] worked across the [C] country end to [G] end
[D] Tried to [Em] find a place to [C] settle down where my [D] mixed up life could mend
Held a [Em] job on an [C] oil rig flying [G] choppers when [C] I could
But the [Am] nightlife nearly [F] drove me ‘round the [D] bend
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And I’ve [Em] travelled ‘round the [C] world from year to [G] year
[D] And [Em] each one’s found me [C] aimless one more [D] year the worse for wear
And I’ve been [Em] back to South East [C] Asia and the [G] answer sure ain't [C] there
But I’m [Am] drifting north to [D] check things out a[G]gain
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[D] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney’s almost [G] gone
[D] Only [Em] seven flying [C] hours and I’ll be [D] landing in [G] Hong [D] Kong
There ain't [Em] nothing like the [C] kisses from a [G] jaded Chinese princess
I’m gonna [Am] hit some Hong Kong [F] mattress all night [D] long
[D] Well the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney’s almost [G] gone
You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney’s almost [D] gone
And It’s [Em] really got me [C] worried I’m going [G] no-where and I’m in a [C] hurry
And the [Am] last plane out of [D] Sydney’s almost [G] gone [C] [G]
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[D] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney’s almost [G] gone
[D] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney’s almost [D] gone
And it’s [Em] really got me [C] worried I’m going [G] no-where and I’m in a [C] hurry
And the [Am] last plane out of [D] Sydney’s almost [G] gone. [C] [G] [C] [G]
