Chords for Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh (Original Studio Version)

[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _
[D] _ [Em] _ [C] to the Cypress [G] Round Cay sand. _
[D] [Em] And my soul was [C] sold with my cigarettes
[D] to the [G] black [Am] market man.
[B] I [Em] had the [D] Vietnam [C] cold turkey [G] from the ocean
[C] to the Silver City.
[G] And [Am] what's only [F] other vets could [Em] [D] understand.
[Em] About the long [C] forgotten docs, I [G] [C] guarantee
[G] these, [D]
[Em] how there were no [C] V-Day heroes [D] in 1973.
[B]
[Em] How we sailed in a [C] Sydney harbor,
saw an [G] old man but I [C] couldn't kiss her.
[Am] She was lying [D] alive, was home to the [G] lucky [C] lamb.
[G] _ [D]
[Em] But she was like so [C] many more from [G] that time on.
_ [D]
[Em] Her lives were [C] all so empty [D] until they
found their chosen one.
[B]
[Em] And their legs were [C] often open, [G] but their minds
were [C] always closed.
[Am] And their hearts were [F] held in fast suburban [D] [G] chain.
[D] And [Em] the leader passed [C] radio, our [G] zombie paddy train.
[D]
[Em] And the telex [C] riders clattered where
[D] the gunships had once been.
[B]
[Em] Cop pops make [C] a jump in, and [G] I never
stopped [C] to reach [G]
[Am] all the growing need for [D] speed and [G] overkill.
_ [D] So [Em] I worked across [C] the country all empty [G] wind.
_ [D] Tried to [Em] find a place [C] to settle down
where [D] my next of life could mend.
[B] I held [Em] a job on [C] an oil rig, [G] flying choppers when I [C] could.
[Em] But [Am] the nightlife never [F] drove me [D] round the bend.
_ And [Em] I've traveled round the [C] world [G] from year to _ year.
[D]
[Em] And each one found [C] me ain't less [D] one more year than worse away.
[B] I've been [Em] back to Southeast [C] Asia, and [G] the answer sure ain't [C] there.
[G] But [Am] I'm dressed for North to [D] check things out [G] again.
[C] [D] Yes, [Em] I am.
_ [C] Well, _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D]
[Em] the last thing I [C] had to sit in is [G] almost gone.
_ [D]
[Em] And on the 7th [C] by 8 hour, [D] and I'll be landing in Hong [Bm] Kong.
[Em] I'll marry nothing like [C] the kisses [G] from a cheating [C] Chinese princess.
[Am] I'm going to hit some [F] Hong Kong matches [D] all night long. _
[Em] Well, the last thing [C] I had to sit in is [G] almost gone.
_ [D]
[Em] You know the last thing [C] I had to sit in is [D] almost gone.
_ [B]
[Em] And if it's really [C] got me worried, [G] I'm going to know it in [C] a minute hurry.
[Am] You know the last thing [D] I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] gone.
[G] _ [D]
[Em] Well, the last thing [C] I had to sit in is [G] almost gone.
_ [D]
[Em] You know the last thing [C] I had to sit in is [D] almost gone.
[Bm] No, [Em] if it really [C] got me worried, [G] I'm going to know it [C] in a minute hurry.
[Bm] You know [Am] the last [D] thing I had to sit in is [G] almost gone.
[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _