Chords for John Schumann = Safe behind the wire
Tempo:
67.075 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G] [A] [D]
When the bodies were [Bm] bagged and the telegram sent [G] and the very last [D] chopper had gone
[G] And you looked out the [D] window of the 707 [Bm] on the airfield in [A] Saigon
[D] Some of us thought [Bm] that the war was over
[G] Some of us [D] couldn't care less
[G] But you came home [D] and threw a stay-behind [G] party try to clear up [A] the mess
[G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[G] You [D] were fighting for freedom in Southeast [G] Asia.
That's how the [D] story ran
[G] Windy [D] speeches about a domino [Bm] fallen from China into [A] Vietnam
[D] But look back in [Bm] sickness and anger
[G] Australia didn't [D] honor her death
[G] Non-commissioned [D] officer Thompson [G] learned that the war wasn't [A] over yet
[G] Living on your [D] nerves
Living on the [A] phone
sleeping in [D] airports far from [F#m] home
Dusted [G] off now and [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[A] [G]
[A] Well [G]
[D] he gave and he gave [Bm] and he kept on giving [G] till he just couldn't [D] give anymore
[G] And he gave it [D] away one morning in [Bm] Sydney in a rust-red [A] Commodore
[F#m] [A] I [D] remember [Bm] Phil Vest talking on the phone [G] with a cheeky [D] grin on his face
[G] His Royal [D] Commissioners and Knights of the [G] Realm thought that Phil didn't [A] know his place
[G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[A] They're still bagging bodies filled
[G] But 40 [D] years have gone
[A] The mums and the dads and the wives and the [G] kids still have to [A] soldier on
And [G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down here in a [D] firefight
Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire.
[G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
I hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[G] [A] [D]
When the bodies were [Bm] bagged and the telegram sent [G] and the very last [D] chopper had gone
[G] And you looked out the [D] window of the 707 [Bm] on the airfield in [A] Saigon
[D] Some of us thought [Bm] that the war was over
[G] Some of us [D] couldn't care less
[G] But you came home [D] and threw a stay-behind [G] party try to clear up [A] the mess
[G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[G] You [D] were fighting for freedom in Southeast [G] Asia.
That's how the [D] story ran
[G] Windy [D] speeches about a domino [Bm] fallen from China into [A] Vietnam
[D] But look back in [Bm] sickness and anger
[G] Australia didn't [D] honor her death
[G] Non-commissioned [D] officer Thompson [G] learned that the war wasn't [A] over yet
[G] Living on your [D] nerves
Living on the [A] phone
sleeping in [D] airports far from [F#m] home
Dusted [G] off now and [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[A] [G]
[A] Well [G]
[D] he gave and he gave [Bm] and he kept on giving [G] till he just couldn't [D] give anymore
[G] And he gave it [D] away one morning in [Bm] Sydney in a rust-red [A] Commodore
[F#m] [A] I [D] remember [Bm] Phil Vest talking on the phone [G] with a cheeky [D] grin on his face
[G] His Royal [D] Commissioners and Knights of the [G] Realm thought that Phil didn't [A] know his place
[G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[A] They're still bagging bodies filled
[G] But 40 [D] years have gone
[A] The mums and the dads and the wives and the [G] kids still have to [A] soldier on
And [G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down here in a [D] firefight
Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire.
[G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
I hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[G] [A] [D]
Key:
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Bm
F#m
D
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A
[D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When the bodies were [Bm] bagged and the telegram sent [G] and the very last [D] chopper had gone
[G] And you looked out the [D] window of the 707 [Bm] on the airfield in [A] Saigon
[D] Some of us thought [Bm] that the war was over
[G] Some of us [D] couldn't care less
[G] But you came home [D] and threw a stay-behind [G] party try to clear up [A] the mess
_ [G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[G] You [D] were fighting for freedom in Southeast [G] Asia.
That's how the [D] story ran
_ [G] Windy [D] speeches about a domino [Bm] fallen from China into [A] Vietnam
[D] But look back in [Bm] sickness and anger
[G] Australia didn't [D] honor her death
[G] Non-commissioned [D] officer Thompson [G] learned that the war wasn't [A] over yet _ _ _
[G] Living on your [D] nerves
Living on the [A] phone
sleeping in [D] airports far from [F#m] home
Dusted [G] off now and [A] safe [D] behind the wire _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] Well _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] he gave and he gave [Bm] and he kept on giving [G] till he just couldn't [D] give anymore
[G] And he gave it [D] away one morning in [Bm] Sydney in a rust-red [A] Commodore _
[F#m] [A] I [D] remember [Bm] Phil Vest talking on the phone [G] with a cheeky [D] grin on his face
[G] His Royal [D] Commissioners and Knights of the [G] Realm thought that Phil didn't [A] know his place
_ _ [G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
_ _ [A] They're still bagging bodies filled
[G] But 40 [D] years have gone
[A] The mums and the dads and the wives and the [G] kids still have to [A] soldier on
_ And [G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down here in a [D] firefight
Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire.
_ _ [G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
I hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When the bodies were [Bm] bagged and the telegram sent [G] and the very last [D] chopper had gone
[G] And you looked out the [D] window of the 707 [Bm] on the airfield in [A] Saigon
[D] Some of us thought [Bm] that the war was over
[G] Some of us [D] couldn't care less
[G] But you came home [D] and threw a stay-behind [G] party try to clear up [A] the mess
_ [G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
[G] You [D] were fighting for freedom in Southeast [G] Asia.
That's how the [D] story ran
_ [G] Windy [D] speeches about a domino [Bm] fallen from China into [A] Vietnam
[D] But look back in [Bm] sickness and anger
[G] Australia didn't [D] honor her death
[G] Non-commissioned [D] officer Thompson [G] learned that the war wasn't [A] over yet _ _ _
[G] Living on your [D] nerves
Living on the [A] phone
sleeping in [D] airports far from [F#m] home
Dusted [G] off now and [A] safe [D] behind the wire _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] Well _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] he gave and he gave [Bm] and he kept on giving [G] till he just couldn't [D] give anymore
[G] And he gave it [D] away one morning in [Bm] Sydney in a rust-red [A] Commodore _
[F#m] [A] I [D] remember [Bm] Phil Vest talking on the phone [G] with a cheeky [D] grin on his face
[G] His Royal [D] Commissioners and Knights of the [G] Realm thought that Phil didn't [A] know his place
_ _ [G] I don't know [D] where you are tonight.
[A] I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
_ _ [A] They're still bagging bodies filled
[G] But 40 [D] years have gone
[A] The mums and the dads and the wives and the [G] kids still have to [A] soldier on
_ And [G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down here in a [D] firefight
Wherever you [G] are.
Hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire.
_ _ [G] I don't [D] know where you are [A] tonight
I'm down [D] here in a firefight
[F#m] Wherever you [G] are.
I hope you're [A] safe [D] behind the wire
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _