Goodnight Saigon

We met as (Dm)soul mates on (G7)Parris (C)Island.

We left as (Dm)inmates from (G7)an (C)asylum.

And we were (Em)sharp,

(Am)as sharp as (Em)knives,

(Am)and we were (Dm)so gungho to lay down our lives.

(G)We came in (Dm)spastic like (G7)tameless (C)horses.

We left in (Dm)plastic as (G7)numbered (C)corpses.

And we learned (Em)fast

(Am)to travel (Em)light,

(Am)our arms were (Dm)so gungho to lay down our lives.

(G)We came in (Dm)heavy but our bellies were tight.

(G9)We had no (Dm)home front, we (G7)had no (C)soft soap.

They sent us (Dm)Playboy, they (G7)gave us (C)Bob Hope.

We dug in (Em)deep

(Am)and shot on (Em)sight,

(Am)and prayed to (Dm)Jesus Christ with all of our might.

(G)We had no (Dm)cam'ras to (G7)shoot the (C)landscape.

We passed the (Dm)hash pipe and (G7)played our (C)Doors tapes.

And it was (Em)dark,

(Am)so dark at (Em)night.

(Am)And we held (Dm)on to each other like brother to brother.

We (Bb)promised our mothers we'd write.

(C)And we would (F)all go (Bb)down (C)together.

We said we'd (F)all go (Bb)down (C)together.

Yes, we would (F)all go (Bb)down (G9)together.

(G9)Remember (Dm)Charlie, (G7)remember (C)Baker, they left their (Dm)childhood on (G7)ev'ry (C)acre.

And who was (Em)wrong?

(Am)And who was (Em)right?

(Am)It didn't (Dm)matter in the thick of the fight.

(Am)We (G)held the (C)day (Dm)in the (E)palm (Dm)of our (E)hand.

(Am)They (G)ruled the (C)night,

(Dm)and the (E)night

(Dm)seemed to (G9)last as long as