Khe Sanh chords by Chisel Cold

Cold Chisel; Khe Sanh

chords and words

INTRO:

Ab Eb/G Fm Eb C# Ab/C Bbm Eb

verse 1:

Fm           C#         Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
    Fm           C#        Eb Fm/Eb Eb
And i sold my soul with my cigaretts to the black market man
Edim     Fm       C#
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
     Ab          C#
from the ocean to the silver city
     Bbm    F#       Eb  Fm Eb/G Eb
And it's only other Vets could understand

verse 2

Fm       C#      Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
About the long forgotten dockside guarentees
        Fm  Eb C#      Eb/G  Fm   Eb
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy three
     Fm         C#
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
     Ab            C#
 saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
       Bbm     Eb         Ab C# Ab Eb/G
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

verse 3:

Fm     C#         Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
And she was like so many more from that time on
    Fm      Eb C#         Eb     Fm/Bb Eb Edim
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one
      Fm       C#
And their legs were often open
      Ab         C#
but their minds were always closed
      Bbm        F#       Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

verse 4:

Fm        C#      Ab    Absus4 Ab  Eb/G
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypackets lean
     Fm        C#        Eb  Fm/Bb   Eb  Edim
And the telex writers clattered were the gunships once had been
     Fm        C#
But the car parks made me jumpy
    Ab         C#
And it never stopped the dreams
     Bbm       Eb      Ab   C# Ab
or the growing need for speed and novacaine

verse 5:

Fm         C#   Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
So I worked across the country end to end
     Fm       C#          Eb    Fm/Bb   Eb Edim
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
    Fm      C#
Held a job on an oil-rig
     Ab       C#
flying choppers when I could
      Bbm       F#        Eb  Fm/Eb Eb Edim
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

verse 6:

Fm         C#        Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
   Fm          C#        Eb   Fm/Bb   Eb
And each one's found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear
   Edim   Fm         C#
And i've been back to South East Asia
     Ab        C#
but the answer sure aint there
     Bbm       Eb         Ab C# Ab
But I'm drifting North to check things ouit again



this fills the next bit:

Fm C# Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
Fm C# Eb Fm/Bb Eb Edim
Fm C# Ab C# Bbm Eb Ab C# Ab Eb/G

verse 7:

Fm        C#       Ab Absus4 Ab Eb/G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
   Fm      C#         Eb   Fm/Bb  Eb
Only seven flying hours and i'll be landing in Hong Kong
  Edim   Fm       C#
There aint nothin like the kisses
    Ab       C#
From a jaded Chinese Princess
      Bbm        F#         Eb Fm/Eb Eb Edim
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong matress all night long

verse 8:

Fm        C#       Ab  Absus4 Ab Eb/G
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
          Fm      C#       Eb Fm/Bb Eb
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 Edim   Fm      C#
and it's really got me worried
     Ab          C#
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
     Bbm       Eb       Ab Eb/G
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

Fm        C#       Ab  Absus4 Ab Eb/G
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
          Fm      C#       Eb Fm/Bb Eb
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 Edim   Fm      C#
and it's really got me worried
     Ab          C#
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
     Bbm       Eb       Ab C# Ab C# Ab
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

This also sounds great just on piano, top song.

- Sam Mather