Key: F major•
Intro 1
C
Bb
C
Bb
Am
Gm
Am
Gm
F
Bb
C
Bb
Verse 1
Bb
Saigon bride
C
Bb
I'm going out to stem the tide
Am
Gm
A tide that never saw the seas
Am
Gm
Some say it's yellow, some say red
Am
Gm
It will not matter when
F
Am
we're dead
Verse 2
C
Bb
How many dead men will it take
C
Bb
To build a dike that will not break?
Am
Gm
How many children must we kill
Am
Gm
Before we make the waves stand
F
Am
C
Bb
C
still?
Bb
C
Bb
Though miracles come high today
C
Bb
We have the wherewithal to pay
Verse 3
Am
Gm
It takes them off the streets, you know
Am
Gm
Am
To places they would never go alone
Am
Gm
F
Am
The lucky boys are even paid
C
Bb
Men die to build their Pharaoh's tombs
C
Bb
And still, and still the teeming wombs
Verse 4
Am
Gm
How many men to conquer Mars?
Am
Gm
How many dead to reach the
F
C
Bb
C
stars?
Bb
C
Bb
Farewell, my wistful Saigon bride
C
Bb
I'm going out to stem
the tide
A tide that never saw the seas
Am
It flows through jungles, 'round the trees
Am
Gm
F
It will not matter when we're dead
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Bb Am Gm F
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