Still In Saigon Chords by The Charlie Daniels Band
Tempo:
74 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Cm
Fm
C
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
[Ab] [F]
[G] [Ab] [Cm]
[C] [Ab] [Cm]
[Ab] [C] I got on a plane in Frisco [F] and got off in Vietnam.
a different [F] world, a path forever gone.
[Gm] have gone to Canada [Cm] or I could have stayed in school.
[Ab] brought up differently, [Bb] I couldn't [G] break the [Cm] rules.
[Ab] [F]
[G] [Ab] [Cm]
[C] [Ab] [Cm]
[Ab] [C] I got on a plane in Frisco [F] and got off in Vietnam.
a different [F] world, a path forever gone.
[Gm] have gone to Canada [Cm] or I could have stayed in school.
[Ab] brought up differently, [Bb] I couldn't [G] break the [Cm] rules.
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Ab
Cm
Fm
C
G
Ab
Cm
Fm
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_ _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] I got on a plane in Frisco [F] and got off in Vietnam.
[C] I walked into a different [F] world, a path forever gone.
I could [Gm] have gone to Canada [Cm] or I could have stayed in school.
[Fm] I was [Ab] brought up differently, [Bb] I couldn't [G] break the [Cm] rules.
Thirteen months and fifteen [F] days, the last ones [Ab] were the worst.
[Cm] One minute I'd kneel down and [Ab] pray and [F] the next I'd stand and curse.
[Fm] No [Gm] place to run to [Cm] where I did not feel that war.
When [Fm] I got [Ab] home, I stayed [Bb] alone and checked [G] behind each door.
[C] Cause I'm still in Saigon, _ [Ab] still in Saigon.
[Cm] I am still in Saigon in [Ab] my [Fm] mind.
[Cm] The ground at home was covered in snow [F] and I was [Ab] covered in sweat.
[G] My younger brother calls me a killer [Fm] and my daddy calls [Abm] me a vet.
_ [Fm] Everybody [Gm] says I'm someone else [Cm] and I'm sick and there's no cure.
_ [Fm] Damn, if I [Ab] know who I am, [Bb] there was only one [G] place I was sure when I [Cm] was_
Still in [C] Saigon, [Ab] still in Saigon.
I [C] am still in Saigon in [Ab] my mind.
[Fm] _ [Ab] Every summer [D] when it rains, [Ab] I smell the jungle, [D] I hear the planes.
[Ab] Can't tell no [D] one, I feel [Bb] ashamed.
I pray someday [G] I'll go insane. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Cm] That's been ten long years ago [Ab] and time has gone on by.
[C] But now and then I catch [Fm] myself eye searching [Ab] through the sky.
[Fm] All the [Gm] sounds of long [Cm] ago will be forever in my head.
[Fm] Bingled [Ab] with the wounded [Bb] cries and the sounds [G] of the dead.
[C] Cause I'm still in Saigon, _ [Ab] still in Saigon.
[Cm] I am still in Saigon in [Ab] my mind.
I [Cm] am still in Saigon.
I am [Ab] still in Saigon.
Yes, I'm still in [Gm] Saigon in my _ [Fm] mind. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] Still in Saigon.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] I got on a plane in Frisco [F] and got off in Vietnam.
[C] I walked into a different [F] world, a path forever gone.
I could [Gm] have gone to Canada [Cm] or I could have stayed in school.
[Fm] I was [Ab] brought up differently, [Bb] I couldn't [G] break the [Cm] rules.
Thirteen months and fifteen [F] days, the last ones [Ab] were the worst.
[Cm] One minute I'd kneel down and [Ab] pray and [F] the next I'd stand and curse.
[Fm] No [Gm] place to run to [Cm] where I did not feel that war.
When [Fm] I got [Ab] home, I stayed [Bb] alone and checked [G] behind each door.
[C] Cause I'm still in Saigon, _ [Ab] still in Saigon.
[Cm] I am still in Saigon in [Ab] my [Fm] mind.
[Cm] The ground at home was covered in snow [F] and I was [Ab] covered in sweat.
[G] My younger brother calls me a killer [Fm] and my daddy calls [Abm] me a vet.
_ [Fm] Everybody [Gm] says I'm someone else [Cm] and I'm sick and there's no cure.
_ [Fm] Damn, if I [Ab] know who I am, [Bb] there was only one [G] place I was sure when I [Cm] was_
Still in [C] Saigon, [Ab] still in Saigon.
I [C] am still in Saigon in [Ab] my mind.
[Fm] _ [Ab] Every summer [D] when it rains, [Ab] I smell the jungle, [D] I hear the planes.
[Ab] Can't tell no [D] one, I feel [Bb] ashamed.
I pray someday [G] I'll go insane. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Cm] That's been ten long years ago [Ab] and time has gone on by.
[C] But now and then I catch [Fm] myself eye searching [Ab] through the sky.
[Fm] All the [Gm] sounds of long [Cm] ago will be forever in my head.
[Fm] Bingled [Ab] with the wounded [Bb] cries and the sounds [G] of the dead.
[C] Cause I'm still in Saigon, _ [Ab] still in Saigon.
[Cm] I am still in Saigon in [Ab] my mind.
I [Cm] am still in Saigon.
I am [Ab] still in Saigon.
Yes, I'm still in [Gm] Saigon in my _ [Fm] mind. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] Still in Saigon.
