Khe Sanh chords by Cold Chisel (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Cadd9
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Verse 1
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I left my heart to the sappers round
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Khe Sanh
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And the soul was sold with my cigarettes
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B7
to the black market man
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I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
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From the ocean to the Silver City
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And it's only other vets
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could understand
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Verse 2
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About the long forgotten dockside
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quarantees
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How there were no V-day heroes
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in nineteen seventhy-three
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How we sailed into Sydney Harbor
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I saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
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She was lined,
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and I was home to the lucky land
Verse 3
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And she was like so many more
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from that time on
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Their lives were all so empty,
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till they found their chosen one
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And their legs were often open
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But their minds were always closed
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And their hearts were held in
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fast suburban chains
Verse 4
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And the legal pads were yellow,
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hours long, pay packet lean
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And the telex writers clattered
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where the gunships once had been
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Car parks made me jumpy
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And I never stopped the dreams
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Or the growing need for speed
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and Novocaine
Verse 5
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So I worked across the country for
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end to end
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Tried to find a place to settle down,
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where my mixed up life could mend
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I held a job on an oil-rig
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Flying choppers when I could
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Oh but the nightlife nearly
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drove me round the bend
Verse 6
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And I've traveled round the world
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from year to year
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And each one found me aimless,
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one more year the more for wear
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And I've been back to South East Asia
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But the answer sure ain't there
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But I'm drifting north,
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to check things out again,
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Yes I am
Interlude 1
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Chorus 1
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Well the the last plane out of Sydney's
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almost gone
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And only seven flying hours,
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B7
and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
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There ain't nothing like the kisses
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From a jaded Chinese princess
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I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong
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drove mattress all night long
Chorus 2
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Well the the last plane out of Sydney's
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almost gone
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You know the last plane out of Sydney's
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B7
almost gone
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And it's really got me worried
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I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
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And the last plane out of Sydney's
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almost gone
Chorus 3
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Well the last plane out of Sydney's
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almost gone
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You know the last plane out of Sydney's
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B7
almost gone
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And it's really got me worried
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I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
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Am
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You know the last plane out of Sydney's
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G
almost gone
Khe Sanh
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