Riff 1 Riff 2
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G|-----0-2-| G|-2h4p2-0--|
D|-0-2-----| D|----------|
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[Intro]
GD/F#EmDCG/BAmD
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[Verse 1]
EmCGG/F#GD
I left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.
EmCD
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.
EmCGC
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city
AmFD
And it's only other vets could understand.
[Verse 2]
EmCGG/F#GD
'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,
EmCD
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;
EmCGC
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.
AmDGCGD
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
[Verse 3]
EmCGG/F#GD
She was like so many more from that time on
EmCD
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one,
EmCGC
And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed,
AmFD
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
[Verse 4]
EmCGG/F#GD
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long paypackets lean,
EmCD
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been;
EmCGC
But the carparks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams,
AmDGCGD
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
[Verse 5]
EmCGG/F#GD
So I worked across the country from end to end
EmCD
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend,
EmCGC
Held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could,
AmFD
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.
[Verse 6]
EmCGG/F#GD
And I've travelled round the world from year to year,
EmCD
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear,
EmCGC
And I've been back to South East Asia, and the answer sure ain't there,
AmDGCGD
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again.
[Instrumental]
|Em |C |GG/F# |GD |
|Em |C |D |D |
|Em |C |G |C |
|Am |D |GC |GD |
[Verse 7]
EmCGG/F#GD
Well the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.
EmCD
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong.
EmCGC
And there ain't nothin' like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess,
AmFD
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
[Verse 8]
EmCGG/F#GD
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
EmCD
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
EmCGC
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
AmDGCG
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
[Verse 9]
EmCGG/F#GD
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
EmCD
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
EmCGC
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
AmDGCGCG
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.