Khe Sanh

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Em7
A  Bm            A      G                 D   G
 I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
D
A/C#       Bm            A       G
    And my soul was sold with my cigarettes
      A      E7sus4/A  A F#7
To the black market man
             Bm          A   G
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
         D                   G
From the ocean to the Silver City
    D/F# Em7            C           A    E7sus4/A
And it's only other vets could understand

[Verse 2]
A          Bm        A        G          D   G
 About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
D
A/C#               Bm  A   G         A        E7sus4/A     A
    How there were no VDay heroes in nineteen seventy three
F#7          Bm        A      G
How we sailed  into Sydney Harbour
       D                       G
Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her
D/F#    Em7
She was lined,
              A                 D G
and I was home to the lucky land

[Verse 3]
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A/E             Bm          A    G               D
   Well she was like so many more from that time on
A/E      Bm             A  G
   Their lives were all so empty
          A           E7sus4/A  A F#7
Till they found their chosen one
          Bm         A     G
And their legs were often open
          D                       G
But their minds were always closed
    D/F#  Em7                 C             A     E7sus4/A
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

[Verse 4]
A        Bm         A      G
 And the legal pads were yellow
           D               A/E
Hours long, paypackets lean
        Bm       A    G
And the telex writers clattered
             A     E7sus4/A        A F#7
Where the gunships once    had been
Bm                     A     G
But the car parks made me jumpy
      D                       G
And I never stopped the dreams
D/F#    Em7                   A            D G
Or  the growing need for speed and novocain

[Verse 5]
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A/E     Bm            A     G               D
   So I worked across the country end to end
A/E          Bm        A  G
Tried to find  a place to settle down
         A        E7sus4/A          A
Where my mixed up life    could mend
F#7       Bm   A     G
Held a job  on an oilrig
       D                    G
Flying choppers when I could
D/F#    Em7                   C                 A E7sus4/A
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

[Verse 6]
A         Bm              A        G                 D
 And I've travelled round the world from year to year
A/E    Bm             A     G
   And each one found me aimless
             A         E7sus4/A        A
One more year the worse        for wear
F#7           Bm            A     G
And I've been back to South East Asia
        D                      G
And the answer sure ain't there
    D/F# Em7
But I'm  drifting north,
        A                D G
to check things out again
D         A/E
 Yes I am!

[Solo]
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| Em7 - - - | A - - - | D - G        - |

[Verse 7]
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A/E         Bm                   G                D
   Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A/E         Bm             G
   And only seven flying hours,
            A         E7sus4/A     A   F#7
and I'll be landing in        Hong Kong
              Bm                   G
There ain't nothing like the kisses
       D                 G
From a jaded Chinese princess
    D/F#  Em7                C                  A   E7sus4/A A
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long

[Verse 8]
         Bm                   G                D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A/E             Bm                   G            A   E7sus4/A
   You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A F#7         Bm              G
     And it's really got me worried
          D                      G
I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
D/F#    Em7                  A            D   G D A/E
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

[Verse 9]
         Bm                                    D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A/E             Bm                   G            A   E7sus4/A
   You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
  A F#7     Bm               G
Ah     It's really got me worried
          D                    G
I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
    D/F#     Em7                  A            D   G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

[Outro]
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