I take no credit for this tab, all credit should go to Dean Povey who made
everything in this tab, all i did was put the chords above the words in the latter verses.
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
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Transcribed by Dean Povey (dean@psy.uq.edu.au)
Chords
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G 320003 D xx0232 Em 0220xx C x32010
Bm x24432 Am xx2210 G/f# 200003
Notation
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h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
Riffs
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Riff 1 Riff 2
e --------- e ---------|
b --------- b ---------|
g -----0-2- g -2h4p2---|
d -0-2----- d ---------|
Intro
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G D Em D C Bm Am D
Riff 1 / / / Riff 2 / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse
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Em C G G/f# G D
I Left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.
Em C D
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.
Em C G C
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city
Am F D
And it's only other vets could understand.
Em C G G/f# G D
'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,
Em C D
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;
Em C G C
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.
Am D G C G D
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
Lyrics
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Em C G G/f# G D
1. She was like so many more from that time on
Em C D
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found there chosen one,
Em C G C
And their legs were often open, But their minds were always closed,
Am F D
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
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Em C G G/f# G D
2. And the legal pads were yellow, Hours long paypackets lean,
Em C D
And the telex writers clattered Where the gunships once had been;
Em C G C
But the carparks made me jumpy, And I never stopped the dreams,
Am D G C G D
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
Em C G G/f# G D
3. So I worked across the country from end to end
Em C D
Tried to find a place to settle down, Where my mixed up life could mend,
Em C G C
Held a job on an oil-rig, Flying choppers when I could,
Am F D
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.
Em C G G/f# G D
4. And I've travelled round the world from year to year,
Em C D
And each one found me aimless One more year the worse for wear,
Em C G C
And I've been back to South East Asia, And the answer sure ain't there,
Am D G C G D
But I'm drifting north, To check things out again.
Em C G G/f# G D
5. Well the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
And only seven flying hours, And I'll be landing in Hong Kong.
Em C G C
And there ain't nothin' like the kisses From a jaded Chinese princess,
Am F D
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
Em C G G/f# G D
6. Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C G C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
Am D G C G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
