Saigon Bride chords by Joan Baez, Joan Baez

SimplifiedA · G · F#m · Em · D

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Intro 1

F#m

Farewell, my wistful

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 
It flows through jungles,
Em 
'round the trees
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

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Verse 2

How many dead men will it take

To build a dike that will not break?

F#m

How many children must we kill

F#m

Before we make the waves stand

F#m

still?

Though miracles come high today

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
Em 
It gives them useful trades
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
Em 
Some say it's yellow, some say red
F#m 
Em 
D 
It will not matter when we're dead