Goodnight Saigon

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We met as soul mates on Parris 
   C
Island,
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we left as inmates from an asylum.
            Em    Am         
And we were sharp, as sharp as 
  Em     Am
knives
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and we were so gung-ho to lay down
     G       C G
 our lives.

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We came in spastic like tameless 
C
horses,
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we left in plastic as numbered 
  C
corpses.
               Em  Am         Em 
And we learned fast to travel 
    Am
light,
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our arms were heavy but our 
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bellies were tight.

          Dm             Dm7    C
We had no home front, we had no soft
 soap.
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They sent us Playboy, they gave us 
C
Bob Hope.
          Em Am            Em     Am
We dug in deep and shot on sight
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and prayed to Jesus Christ with 
         G       C G
all of our might.

          Dm         Dm7     
We had no cameras to shoot the 
  C
landscape
              Dm            Dm7   
we passed the hash pipe and played
     C
 our Doors tapes.
           Em  Am           Em    
And it was dark, so dark at night
 Am

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and we held on to each other, like 
Dm/C
brother to brother,
   Bb           F6/A         G
we promised our mothers we'd write.

             F      Bb     C      
And we would all go down together,
 C7

             F      Bb     C      
we said we'd all go down together,
 C7

              F      Bb     G    
yes, we would all go down 
   F Dm C
together.

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Remember Charlie, remember Baker,
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they left their childhood on every 
C
acre.
            Em   Am          
And who was wrong? And who was 
  Em     Am
right?
          Dm            C         
It didn't matter in the thick of 
   Bb     G
the fight.

Am Em       C   Dm     E    Dm 
We held the day in the palm of our 
Dm7 E
hand.
Am   Em        C     Dm      E 
They ruled the night and the 
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night seemed to  last
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as long as six weeks on Parris 
C
Island.
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We held the coastline, they held 
   C
the highlands,
              Em    Am           
and they were sharp, as sharp as 
Em     Am
knives,
               Dm                  
they heard the hum of motors, they 
Dm/C
counted the rotors
    Bb         F6/A     G
and waited for us to arrive.

             F      Bb     C      
And we would all go down together,
 C7

             F      Bb     C      
we said we'd all go down together,
 C7

              F      Bb     G    
yes, we would all go down 
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together.