Goodnight Saigon chords

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_ _ _ _ F _ G _ F We Dm _ G _ _ D _ G _ Bb _ _ _ .
_ G _ _ C met Dm as soulmates on C Paris Island.
We Dm left as inmates G C from an asylum.
And Em we were sharp Am _ .
Em as sharp as knives.
Am And Dm we were so gung-ho to Am lay G down our lives.
We F came in Dm spastic G like tameless C horses.
Em G We left F in plastic G as C numbered corpses.
Em And we learned fast Am to Em travel light.
Am Dm Our arms were heavy, but our Bb bellies were C tight.
Bb _ _ _ G _ C _ .
G _ _ D _ G _ D _ G _ _ .
We had Dm no hope.
G We C had no soft soul.
E They F sent us playboy.
G C They gave us bottle.
We Em dug in deep Am and Em shot on sight.
Am Dm And prayed to Jesus Christ with all G of our Am might.
_ G We had Dm no cameras G to C shoot the landscape.
We F passed the hash pipe G and C prayed our doorspace.
And Am it was Em _ Am A so Em dark at night.
Am And Dm we held on to each other C like brother to F brother.
Bb We promised F our mothers G we'd rise.
F And we were Bb all _ C together.
_ Gm A We said we'd Gm all B go down C together.
Bb Yes, Am we will Bb all go A G down together.
_ _ F _ _ _ _ D _ G _ .
Dm _ _ G _ Remember Dm _ Charlie.
_ G C Remember Baker.
They F left their childhood Dm on C every acre.
And Em Hoover's Am run.
And Em Hoover's right.
Am It D didn't matter C.
nothing Bb got the fight.
_ _ G _ _ _ .
_ Am We B _ C held the day D in E the palm Dm E of Dm our E hand.
Em _ Am They _ Em C ruled the night.
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Dm E And the night Dm G seemed to last as long F as six Dm weeks.
On F Paris C Island, E we G held the F coastline.
Dm They C held the highlands.
And they Em were sharp.
A _ As sharp Em as knives, knives, A knives.
They Dm heard the hum of our motors.
C They counted the F rotors.
Bb And F waited for us G to arrive.
_ Bb F And we were all Bb _ _ C together.
Bbm _ C A We said we'd Bb all go C down together.
_ Bb A Yes, we will Bb all go A down G together.
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Fm _ D _ G _ D _ G _ Bb _ _ _ .