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