Chords with lyrics
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 8:54 AM
Song: Goodnight Saigon
by Billy Joel
from "The Nylon Curtain",1982
transcribed by Peter Eybert
FF 
DmDm 
Bb majorBb 
G+G
DmDm 
Dm7Dm7 
C majorC
We met as soul ...
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
we left as inmates ....
E minorEm 
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And we were sharp, ...
DmDm Dm/C G+G C majorC G+G
and we were so gung-ho ....
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
We came in spastic li...
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
we left in plastic ...
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And we learned fast ...
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb G+G DmDm G+G
our arms were heavy ....
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
We had no home front, ...
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
They sent us Playboy...
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
We dug in deep ...
DmDm FF G+G C majorC G+G
and prayed to Jesus ...
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
We had no cameras to ....
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
we passed the hash pipe ....
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And it was dark, ...
DmDm Dm/C
and we held on to each ....,
Bb majorBb F6/A G+G
we promised our ....
FF Bb majorBb C majorC 
C7C7
And we would all ...
FF Bb majorBb C majorC C7C7
we said we'd all ...
FF Bb majorBb G+G FF DmDm C majorC
yes, we would all ...
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Remember Charlie....
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
they left their ...
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
And who was wrong...
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb G+G
It didn't matter in ....
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC DmDm 
E MajorE DmDm Dm7Dm7 E MajorE
We held the day in ...
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC DmDm E MajorE DmDm C majorC+
They ruled the night ...
E MajorE C majorC E MajorE DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
as long as six weeks ...
DmDm Dm7Dm7 C majorC
We held the coastline...
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
and they were sharp, ....
DmDm Dm/C
they heard the hum of ...
Bb majorBb F6/A G+G
and waited for ...
FF Bb majorBb C majorC C7C7
And we would all ....
FF Bb majorBb C majorC C7C7
we said we'd all ..
FF Bb majorBb G+G FF DmDm Bb majorBb
yes, we would ...
G+G FF DmDm Bb majorBb ...
(C majorC+ = 032110)
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