Chords for Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh [Official Lyric Video]

[G] [D] [D] [C] [G] [D] .
[Em] I left [C] my heart to the South on [G] his round case and.
[D] And [Em] the soda [C] sold with my [D] cigarettes to [G] the black [D] market [B] man.
[Em] I had the Vietnam [C] cold turkey [G] from the [C] ocean to the silver [G] city.
[Am] And what's only [F] other vets could [D] [Em] understand.
[D] About [Em] the long [D] [C] forgotten dark side [G] guarantees.
[C] [G] [D] How [E] there were [C] no V-Day [D] heroes in [D] 1973.
[B] [Em] How we sailed [C] into Sydney Harbour.
I [G] saw an old friend [C] but I couldn't kiss her.
[Am] She was lying and [D] I was home to [G] the lucky [C] land.
[G] But [D] [Em] she was like so [C] many more from [G] that time on.
[D] The [Em].
lives were [C] all so empty [D] until we found their chosen [B] one.
[Em] Their legs were [C] often open [G] but their minds were [C] always [G] closed.
[Am] And their hearts were [F] held in fast [D] suburban [G] chain.
[D] And [Em] the legal [C] pads were here, [G] our long paid patent reign.
[D] [Em] And the tele [C]-traders clattered with [D] the gunships of once [B]-debate.
[Em] The cop-ops make a [C] jump [G] and I never stop [C] the dreams.
[G] Of [Am] the growing [D] need for speed and [G] over-change.
[D] So [Em] I worked [C] across the country for [G] a empty win.
[D] [Em] Tried to find a [C] place to settle down [D] where my mixed-up life would [B] mend.
A [Em] healthy job [C] on an oil rig, [G] I ain't shopper but [C] when I could.
[Am] But the nightlife [F] never drove me [D] round the bend.
[Em] And I've traveled [C] round the world from [G] year to year.
And [D] [Em] each one [C] found me aimless [D] from year to worse for [B] wear.
And [Em] I've been back to [C] Southeast Asia [G] and the answer sure [C] ain't [G] there.
[Am] But I'm dressed in [D] North Jackman's [G] alley.
[C] [G] Yes [D] I [Em] am, .
[C] [G] [D] [Em] .
[C] [D] [B] [Em] .
[C] [G] [C] [G] [Am] .
[D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] gasoline, [C] acid and [G] almost all.
[D] [Em] And on the seventh [C] flying hour [D] and I've landed in Hong [Bm] Kong.
[Em] I'll marry nothing [C] like the kisses [G] from a jaded [C] Chinese [G] princess.
[Am] I'm gonna hit some [F] Hong Kong matches, [D] I'm not lost.
[Em] Well the gasoline, [C] acid and it's [G] almost gone.
[D] You [Em] know the gasoline, [C] acid and it's [D] almost gone.
[B] [Em] And it's real that [C] got me worried- [G] I brought another enemy [C] in a hurry [Am] You know the gasoline, [D] acid and it's [G] almost [C] gone [G] [D] [Em] Oh!
The gasoline, [C] acid and it's [G] almost gone [D] You [Em] know the gasoline, [C] acid and it's [D] almost gone And [Em] it's real that got [C] me worried [G] You know the man, and the [C] man, and the man.
[Am] You know the last rain [D] I had of Sidney's, [G] I'm [C] almost gone.
[G] [C] [G] .