Khe Sanh

I (Em)left my heart to the (C)sap pers round Khe (G)Sanh

and my (Em)soul was sold with my (C)ci ga rettes to the black (G)mar ket man.

I’ve had the (Em)Vi et nam cold (C)tur key, from the (G)o cean to the Sil ver Ci (C)ty, and it’s (Am7)on ly oth er vets could un der (D)stand

a bout the (Em)long for got ten (C)dock side gua ran (G)tees,

how there were (Em)no V day (C)her oes in (D)nine teen (G)sev en ty three, and how (B)we sailed in to Syd ney Har bour, I saw an (G)old friend but I could n’t kiss her.

She was (Am7)lined, and I was home to the luck y land.

She was (Em)like so ma ny more from that time (G)on.

Their (Em)lives were all so (C)emp ty, ’til they (D)found their (G)cho sen one, and their (Em)legs were of ten o pen, but their (G)minds were al ways closed and their (Am7)hearts were held in (F)fast su bur ban (D)chains.

And the (Em)le gal pads were (C)yel low, hou rs long, pay (C)pack et lean

and the (Em)te lex writ ers (C)clat tered where the gun ships (G)once had been

and (Em)car parks made me jum py and I (G)nev er stopped the dreams

or the (Am7)grow ing need for speed and no va caine.

So I (Em)worked a cross the coun try from end to (G)end.

(D)Tried to find a place to (C)set tle down, where my (D)mixed up (G)life could mend.

I (B)held a job on an oil rig, fly ing (G)chop pers when I could,

but the (Am7)night life near ly drove me round the bend

and I’ve (Em)tra velled round the world from year to year.

And (Em)each one found me aim (C)less, one more year the more for wear.

And (B)I’ve been (Em)back to South East A sia, yeah, but the (G)an swer sure ain’t there, but I’m (Am7)drif ting north, to (D)check things out a (G)gain.

Yeah, the (Em)last plane out of Syd ney’s al most gone,

on ly (Em)sev en fly ing ho (C)urs and I’ll be (D)land ing in Hong (D)Kong.

And there ain’t (Em)noth ing like the kis ses from a (G)ja ded Chi nese princ (C)ess, I’m gon na (Am7)hit some Hong Kong (F)mat tress all night (D)long.

Well, the (Em)last plane out of Syd ney’s al most gone.

You know, the (Em)last plane out of Syd ney’s al most (D)gone.

And it’s (Em)real ly got me wor (C)ried, I’m go in’ (G)no where and I’m in a hur (C)ry.

You know, the (Am7)last plane out of Syd ney’s al most (G)gone.

Well, the (Em)last plane out of Syd ney’s al most gone.

You know, the (Em)last plane out of Syd ney’s al most gone.

(D)No, it’s (Em)real ly got me wor (C)ried, I’m go in’ (G)no where and I’m in a hur ry.

You know, the (Am7)last plane out of Syd (D)ney’s al most (G)gone.