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