Cold Chisel – Khe Sanh

Capo 5th Fret 
Chords respective to capo

            
I left my hear

             
t to the sappe

              
rs round Khe S

               
anh
            
And my soul wa

              
s sold with my

             
 cigarettes to

             
 the blackmark

         
et man
             
I've had the V

           
ietnam cold tu

rkey
             
From the ocean

              
 to the Silver

  
 City
            
And it's only 

             
other vets cou

        
ld understand

            
About the long

             
 forgotten doc

             
kside guarante

             
es
             
How there were

           
 no V-day hero

      
es in 1973
          
How we sailed 

             
into Sydney Ha

rbour
             
Saw an old fri

              
end but I coul

     
dn't kiss her
            
She was lined,

             
 and I was hom

              
e to the lucky

                
 land

            
And she was li

             
ke so many mor

              
e from that ti

            
me on
            
Their lives we

             
re all so empt

             
y, till they f

              
ound their cho

         
sen one
          
And their legs

             
 were often op

en
             
But their mind

              
s were always 

 
closed
            
And their hear

              
ts were held i

             
n fast suburba

  
n chains

            
And the legal 

             
pads were yell

             
ow, hours long

              
, pay-packet l

      
ean
            
And the telex 

             
writers clatte

              
red where the 

             
gunships once 

          
had been
            
Car parks make

    
 me jumpy
             
And I never st

          
opped the drea

ms
            
Or the growing

             
 need for spee

              
d and novocain

              
e

            
So I worked ac

             
ross the count

              
ry from end to

 
 end
           
Tried to find 

             
a place to set

              
tle down, wher

      
e my mixed up 

life could men

d
          
Held a job on 

   
an oil-rig
             
Flying chopper

         
s when I could
            
But the nightl

             
ife nearly dro

              
ve me round th

  
e bend

            
And I've trave

              
lled round the

             
 world from ye

              
ar to year
            
And each one f

             
ound me aimles

            
s, one more ye

ar the worst f

or wear
            
And I've been 

            
back to South 

     
East Asia
             
And the answer

            
 sure ain't th

ere
            
But I'm drifti

              
n' north, to c

             
heck things ou

                 
t again

PIANO SOLO CHORDS
         
         
       
       

            
Well the last 

              
plane out of S

             
ydney's almost

            
 gone
            
And only seven

             
 flying hours,

              
 and I'll be l


anding in Hong

 Kong
          
There ain't no

              
thing like the

  
 kisses
             
From a jaded C

       
hinese princes

s
            
I'm gonna hit 

              
some Hong Kong

             
 mattress all 

      
night long

            
Well the last 

              
plane out of S

             
ydney's almost

     
 gone
            
You know the l

             
ast plane out 

             
of Sydney's al

      
most gone
          
And it's reall

            
y got me worri

ed
             
I'm goin nowhe

              
re and I'm in 

  
a hurry
             
You know the l

             
ast plane out 

             
of Sydney's al

     
most gone

           
Well the last 

              
plane out of S

             
ydney's almost

     
 gone
            
You know the l

             
ast plane out 

             
of Sydney's al

      
most gone
          
It's a really 

          
got me worried
             
I'm goin nowhe

              
re and I'm in 

  
a hurry
              
You know the l

            
ast plane out 

             
of Sydney's al

                  
most gone