Khe Sanh

I (Em)left my heart to the (C)sappers round

Khe (G)Sanh

(D)and my (Em)soul was sold with my (C)cigarettes

to the (D)black (G)market man.

(B)I've had the (Em)Vietnam cold (C)turkey,

from the (G)ocean to the Silver (C)City,

and it's (Am7)only other vets could (D)understand

(D)about the (Em)long forgotten (C)dockside (G)guarantees,

(D)how there were (Em)no

Vday (C)heroes in (D)(G)nineteenseventythree, and how (B)we sailed into Sydney Harbour,

I saw an (G)old friend but I couldn't kiss her.

She was (Am7)lined, and I was home to the lucky land.

(D)She was (Em)like so many more (C)from that time (G)on.

(D)Their (Em)lives were all so (C)empty,

'til they (D)found their (G)chosen one,

(B)and their (Em)legs were often open,

but their (G)minds were always closed

(C)and their (Am7)hearts were held in (F)fast suburban (D)chains.

(D)And the (Em)legal pads were (C)yellow,

hours long, pay packet lean (D)and the (Em)telex writers (C)clattered where the gunships (G)once had been (B)and (Em)car parks made me jumpy and I (G)never stopped the dreams

(C)or the (Am7)growing need for speed and novacaine.

(D)So I (Em)worked across the country from end to (G)end.

(D)Tried to find a place to (C)settle down,

where my (D)mixed up (G)life could mend.

I (B)held a job on an oilrig,

flying (G)choppers when I could,

(C)but the (Am7)nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

(D)and I've (Em)travelled round the world (C)from year to year.

(D)And (Em)each one found me (C)aimless,

one more year the more for wear.

And (B)I've been (Em)back to South East Asia,

yeah, but the (G)answer sure ain't there,

(C)but I'm (Am7)drifting north, to (D)check things out (G)again.

(D)Yeah, the (Em)last plane out of Sydney's almost gone,

(D)only (Em)seven flying (C)hours and I'll be (D)landing in Hong Kong.

(B)And there ain't (Em)nothing like the kisses from a (G)jaded Chinese (C)princess,

I'm gonna (Am7)hit some Hong Kong (F)mattress all night (D)long.

(D)Well, the (Em)last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.

(D)You know, the (Em)last plane out of Sydney's almost (D)gone.

(B)And it's (Em)really got me (C)worried,