Khe Sanh chords by Chisel Cold

Chords with lyrics

Cold Chisel; Khe Sanh

chords and words

INTRO:

AbAb Eb/GEb/G F minorFm Eb MajorEb C#C# Ab/C BbmBbm Eb MajorEb

verse 1:

F minorFm           C#C#         AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
    F minorFm           C#C#        Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb
And i sold my soul with my cigaretts to the black market man
EdimEdim     F minorFm       C#C#
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
     AbAb          C#C#
from the ocean to the silver city
     BbmBbm    F#F#       Eb MajorEb  F minorFm Eb/GEb/G Eb MajorEb
And it's only other Vets could understand

verse 2

F minorFm       C#C#      AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
About the long forgotten dockside guarentees
        F minorFm  Eb MajorEb C#C#      Eb/GEb/G  F minorFm   Eb MajorEb
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy three
     F minorFm         C#C#
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
     AbAb            C#C#
 saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
       BbmBbm     Eb MajorEb         AbAb C#C# AbAb Eb/GEb/G
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land

verse 3:

F minorFm     C#C#         AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
And she was like so many more from that time on
    F minorFm      Eb MajorEb C#C#         Eb MajorEb     Fm/Bb Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one
      F minorFm       C#C#
And their legs were often open
      AbAb         C#C#
but their minds were always closed
      BbmBbm        F#F#       Eb MajorEb Fm/Bb Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains

verse 4:

F minorFm        C#C#      AbAb    Absus4Absus4 AbAb  Eb/GEb/G
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypackets lean
     F minorFm        C#C#        Eb MajorEb  Fm/Bb   Eb MajorEb  EdimEdim
And the telex writers clattered were the gunships once had been
     F minorFm        C#C#
But the car parks made me jumpy
    AbAb         C#C#
And it never stopped the dreams
     BbmBbm       Eb MajorEb      AbAb   C#C# AbAb
or the growing need for speed and novacaine

verse 5:

F minorFm         C#C#   AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
So I worked across the country end to end
     F minorFm       C#C#          Eb MajorEb    Fm/Bb   Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
    F minorFm      C#C#
Held a job on an oil-rig
     AbAb       C#C#
flying choppers when I could
      BbmBbm       F#F#        Eb MajorEb  Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend

verse 6:

F minorFm         C#C#        AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
   F minorFm          C#C#        Eb MajorEb   Fm/Bb   Eb MajorEb
And each one's found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear
   EdimEdim   F minorFm         C#C#
And i've been back to South East Asia
     AbAb        C#C#
but the answer sure aint there
     BbmBbm       Eb MajorEb         AbAb C#C# AbAb
But I'm drifting North to check things ouit again

this fills the next bit:

F minorFm C#C# AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
F minorFm C#C# Eb MajorEb Fm/Bb Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
F minorFm C#C# AbAb C#C# BbmBbm Eb MajorEb AbAb C#C# AbAb Eb/GEb/G

verse 7:

F minorFm        C#C#       AbAb Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
   F minorFm      C#C#         Eb MajorEb   Fm/Bb  Eb MajorEb
Only seven flying hours and i'll be landing in Hong Kong
  EdimEdim   F minorFm       C#C#
There aint nothin like the kisses
    AbAb       C#C#
From a jaded Chinese Princess
      BbmBbm        F#F#         Eb MajorEb Fm/Eb Eb MajorEb EdimEdim
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong matress all night long

verse 8:

F minorFm        C#C#       AbAb  Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
          F minorFm      C#C#       Eb MajorEb Fm/Bb Eb MajorEb
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 EdimEdim   F minorFm      C#C#
and it's really got me worried
     AbAb          C#C#
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
     BbmBbm       Eb MajorEb       AbAb Eb/GEb/G
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

F minorFm        C#C#       AbAb  Absus4Absus4 AbAb Eb/GEb/G
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
          F minorFm      C#C#       Eb MajorEb Fm/Bb Eb MajorEb
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
 EdimEdim   F minorFm      C#C#
and it's really got me worried
     AbAb          C#C#
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
     BbmBbm       Eb MajorEb       AbAb C#C# AbAb C#C# AbAb
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone

This also sounds great just on piano, top song.

- Sam Mather