Saigon Bride chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G FF G+G FF

Verse 1.:
G+G          FF
Farewell my wistful Saigon bride
G+G        FF
I'm going out to stem the tide
E minorEm         DmDm
A augmentedA tide which never saw the seas
E minorEm            DmDm
It flows through jungles, round the trees
E minorEm          DmDm
Some say it's yellow, some say red
E minorEm         DmDm    C majorC  E minorEm
It will not matter when we're dead

Verse 2.:
G+G         FF
How many dead men will it take
G+G          FF
To build a dike that will not break?
E minorEm        DmDm
How many children must we kill
E minorEm         DmDm     C majorC
Before we make the waves stand still?

Verse 3.:
G+G        FF
Though miracles come high today
G+G         FF
We have the wherewithal to pay
E minorEm          DmDm
It takes them off the streets you know
E minorEm          DmDm
To places they would never go alone
E minorEm      DmDm
It gives them useful trade
E minorEm      DmDm     C majorC    E minorEm
The lucky boys are even paid

Verse 4.:
G+G       FF
Men die to build their Pharoah's tombs
G+G            FF
And still and still the teeming wombs
E minorEm        DmDm
How many men to conquer Mars
E minorEm        DmDm     C majorC   E minorEm G+G FF G+G FF
How many dead to reach the stars?

Verse 5.:
G+G      FF
Farewell my wistful Saigon bride
G+G       FF
I'm going out to stem the tide
E minorEm          DmDm
Some say it's yellow, some say red
E minorEm       DmDm      C majorC
It will not matter when we're dead