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