Chords for Khe Sanh (2011 Remastered)
Tempo:
81.275 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D] [D] [G] [Am] [D]
[Em] I left [C] my heart to the [G] Sappers round casein
[D] And [Em] the sober [C] soul with my [D] cigarettes to [G] the [D] black market [B] man
[Em] I had the Vietnam [C] cold turkey [G] from the [C] ocean to the silver [G] city
[Am] And it's only [F] other vets could [D] [Em] understand
[D] About [Em] the [D] long [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] in a Sydney Harbour
[G] I saw an old friend [C] but I couldn't kiss her
[Am] She was lying [D] alive, was home to [G] the lucky [C] lamb
[G] But [D] [Em] she was like so [C] many more from [G] that time on
[D] [Em] The lives were [C] all so empty [D] until we found their chosen [B] one
[Em] And 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, our [G] zombie packs were [D] here
[Em] And the tele [C]-straters platted where [D] the gunships had once been
[Em] The cop-ops make [C] a [G] jumpin' and I never stop [C] the dreams
[G] [Am] Of the growing [D] need for speed and [G] over-change
[D] So [Em] I worked [C] across the country for [G] an empty win
[D] [Em] Tried to find a [C] place to settle [D] down where my mixed-up life would [B] mend
I [Em] held a job [C] on an oil rig, [G] a science shop but [C] when I could
[Am] But the nightlife [F] never drove me [D] round to bed
[Em] And I've travelled [C] round the world from [G] year to year
[D] And [Em] each one [C] found nameless, [D] one more year the world's forbear
[B] And [Em] I've been back to [C] Southeast Asia [G] and the answer [C] sure ain't [G] there
[Am] But I'm just a [D] North Shack [G] fanatic
[C] [G] [D] Yes I [Em] am
[C] The [G] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [B] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] [Am]
[D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
[D] And [Em] on the seventh [C] flight in hour [D] and I've landed in Hong [B] Kong
[Em] I married nothing [C] like the kisses [G] from a jaded [C] Chinese princess
[Am] I'm gonna hit some [F] Hong Kong matches [D] all night long
[Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
[D] [Em] You know the last [C] plane I had to sit in is [D] almost gone
[B] [Em] When it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] I'm going nowhere and [C] I'm in a hurry
[Am] Well the last plane [D] I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] [G] gone
[D] [Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in is [G] almost gone
[D] You [Em] know the last plane [C] had to sit in is [D] almost gone
When [Em] it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] You know the noise that [C] I'm hearing above me
[Am] You know the last [D] train I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] gone
[G] [C] [G]
[N]
[Em] I left [C] my heart to the [G] Sappers round casein
[D] And [Em] the sober [C] soul with my [D] cigarettes to [G] the [D] black market [B] man
[Em] I had the Vietnam [C] cold turkey [G] from the [C] ocean to the silver [G] city
[Am] And it's only [F] other vets could [D] [Em] understand
[D] About [Em] the [D] long [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] in a Sydney Harbour
[G] I saw an old friend [C] but I couldn't kiss her
[Am] She was lying [D] alive, was home to [G] the lucky [C] lamb
[G] But [D] [Em] she was like so [C] many more from [G] that time on
[D] [Em] The lives were [C] all so empty [D] until we found their chosen [B] one
[Em] And 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, our [G] zombie packs were [D] here
[Em] And the tele [C]-straters platted where [D] the gunships had once been
[Em] The cop-ops make [C] a [G] jumpin' and I never stop [C] the dreams
[G] [Am] Of the growing [D] need for speed and [G] over-change
[D] So [Em] I worked [C] across the country for [G] an empty win
[D] [Em] Tried to find a [C] place to settle [D] down where my mixed-up life would [B] mend
I [Em] held a job [C] on an oil rig, [G] a science shop but [C] when I could
[Am] But the nightlife [F] never drove me [D] round to bed
[Em] And I've travelled [C] round the world from [G] year to year
[D] And [Em] each one [C] found nameless, [D] one more year the world's forbear
[B] And [Em] I've been back to [C] Southeast Asia [G] and the answer [C] sure ain't [G] there
[Am] But I'm just a [D] North Shack [G] fanatic
[C] [G] [D] Yes I [Em] am
[C] The [G] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [B] [Em]
[C] [G] [C] [Am]
[D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em] last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
[D] And [Em] on the seventh [C] flight in hour [D] and I've landed in Hong [B] Kong
[Em] I married nothing [C] like the kisses [G] from a jaded [C] Chinese princess
[Am] I'm gonna hit some [F] Hong Kong matches [D] all night long
[Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
[D] [Em] You know the last [C] plane I had to sit in is [D] almost gone
[B] [Em] When it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] I'm going nowhere and [C] I'm in a hurry
[Am] Well the last plane [D] I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] [G] gone
[D] [Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in is [G] almost gone
[D] You [Em] know the last plane [C] had to sit in is [D] almost gone
When [Em] it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] You know the noise that [C] I'm hearing above me
[Am] You know the last [D] train I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] gone
[G] [C] [G]
[N]
Key:
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[G] _ _ [D] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ [D] _
[Em] I left [C] my heart to the [G] Sappers round casein
[D] And [Em] the sober [C] soul with my [D] cigarettes to [G] the [D] black market [B] man
[Em] I had the Vietnam [C] cold turkey [G] from the [C] ocean to the silver [G] city
[Am] And it's only [F] other vets could [D] [Em] understand
[D] About [Em] the [D] long [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] in a Sydney Harbour
[G] I saw an old friend [C] but I couldn't kiss her
[Am] She was lying [D] alive, was home to [G] the lucky [C] lamb
[G] But [D] [Em] she was like so [C] many more from [G] that time on
_ [D] [Em] The lives were [C] all so empty [D] until we found their chosen [B] one
[Em] And 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, our [G] zombie packs were [D] here
[Em] And the tele [C]-straters platted where [D] the gunships had once been
[Em] The cop-ops make [C] a [G] jumpin' and I never stop [C] the dreams
[G] [Am] Of the growing [D] need for speed and [G] over-change
[D] So [Em] I worked [C] across the country for [G] an empty win
_ [D] [Em] Tried to find a [C] place to settle [D] down where my mixed-up life would [B] mend
I [Em] held a job [C] on an oil rig, [G] a science shop but [C] when I could
[Am] But the nightlife [F] never drove me [D] round to bed
_ [Em] And I've travelled [C] round the world from [G] year to year
[D] And [Em] each one [C] found nameless, [D] one more year the world's forbear
[B] And [Em] I've been back to [C] Southeast Asia [G] and the answer [C] sure ain't [G] there
[Am] But I'm just a [D] North Shack [G] fanatic
[C] _ [G] [D] Yes I [Em] am
[C] The _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Em] last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
[D] And [Em] on the seventh [C] flight in hour [D] and I've landed in Hong [B] Kong
[Em] I married nothing [C] like the kisses [G] from a jaded [C] Chinese princess
[Am] I'm gonna hit some [F] Hong Kong matches [D] all night long
_ [Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
_ [D] [Em] You know the last [C] plane I had to sit in is [D] almost gone
[B] [Em] When it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] I'm going nowhere and [C] I'm in a hurry
[Am] Well the last plane [D] I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] [G] gone
[D] [Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in is [G] almost gone
[D] You [Em] know the last plane [C] had to sit in is [D] almost gone
When [Em] it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] You know the noise that [C] I'm hearing above me
[Am] You know the last [D] train I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] gone
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Em] I left [C] my heart to the [G] Sappers round casein
[D] And [Em] the sober [C] soul with my [D] cigarettes to [G] the [D] black market [B] man
[Em] I had the Vietnam [C] cold turkey [G] from the [C] ocean to the silver [G] city
[Am] And it's only [F] other vets could [D] [Em] understand
[D] About [Em] the [D] long [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] in a Sydney Harbour
[G] I saw an old friend [C] but I couldn't kiss her
[Am] She was lying [D] alive, was home to [G] the lucky [C] lamb
[G] But [D] [Em] she was like so [C] many more from [G] that time on
_ [D] [Em] The lives were [C] all so empty [D] until we found their chosen [B] one
[Em] And 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, our [G] zombie packs were [D] here
[Em] And the tele [C]-straters platted where [D] the gunships had once been
[Em] The cop-ops make [C] a [G] jumpin' and I never stop [C] the dreams
[G] [Am] Of the growing [D] need for speed and [G] over-change
[D] So [Em] I worked [C] across the country for [G] an empty win
_ [D] [Em] Tried to find a [C] place to settle [D] down where my mixed-up life would [B] mend
I [Em] held a job [C] on an oil rig, [G] a science shop but [C] when I could
[Am] But the nightlife [F] never drove me [D] round to bed
_ [Em] And I've travelled [C] round the world from [G] year to year
[D] And [Em] each one [C] found nameless, [D] one more year the world's forbear
[B] And [Em] I've been back to [C] Southeast Asia [G] and the answer [C] sure ain't [G] there
[Am] But I'm just a [D] North Shack [G] fanatic
[C] _ [G] [D] Yes I [Em] am
[C] The _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Em] last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
[D] And [Em] on the seventh [C] flight in hour [D] and I've landed in Hong [B] Kong
[Em] I married nothing [C] like the kisses [G] from a jaded [C] Chinese princess
[Am] I'm gonna hit some [F] Hong Kong matches [D] all night long
_ [Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in it's [G] almost gone
_ [D] [Em] You know the last [C] plane I had to sit in is [D] almost gone
[B] [Em] When it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] I'm going nowhere and [C] I'm in a hurry
[Am] Well the last plane [D] I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] [G] gone
[D] [Em] Well the last plane [C] I had to sit in is [G] almost gone
[D] You [Em] know the last plane [C] had to sit in is [D] almost gone
When [Em] it's me that [C] got me worried
[G] You know the noise that [C] I'm hearing above me
[Am] You know the last [D] train I had to sit in is [G] almost [C] gone
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _