Khe Sanh

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I left my heart to the sappers 
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round, Khe Sahn.
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And my soul was sold with my 
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cigarettes, to the black market man.
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I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, 
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from the ocean to the silver city
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And it's only other vets could 
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understand.


[Verse 2]
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'Bout the long forgotten dockside 
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guarantees,
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How there were no V-day heroes in 
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nineteen seventy-three;
       Em                 C       
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour,
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 saw an old friend but I couldn't 
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kiss her.
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She was lined, and I was home to 
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the lucky land


[Verse 3]
        Em           C            
She was like so many more from 
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that time on
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Their lives were all so empty, 
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till they'd found their chosen one,
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And their legs were often open, 
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but their minds were always closed,
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And their hearts were held in fast
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 suburban chains


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[Verse 4]
        Em              C     
And the legal pads were yellow, 
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hours long paypackets lean,
        Em            C       
And the telex writers clattered 
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where the gunships once had been;
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But the carparks made me jumpy, 
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and I never stopped the dreams,
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Or the growing need for speed and 
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novacaine


[Verse 5]
     Em                C          
So I worked across the country 
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from end to end
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Tried to find a place to settle 
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down, where my mixed up life could 
mend,
       Em            C           
Held a job on an oil-rig, flying 
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choppers when I could,
        Am               F        
But the nightlife nearly drove me 
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round the bend.


[Verse 6]
         Em                  C    
And I've travelled round the world
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 from year to year,
    Em                C           
And each one found me aimless, one
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 more year the worse for wear,
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And I've been back to South East 
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Asia, and the answer sure ain't 
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there,
        Am                 D   
But I'm drifting north, to check 
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things out again.


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[Verse 7]
         Em            C      
Well the last plane of Sydney's 
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almost gone.
         Em           C        
And only seven flying hours, and 
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I'll be landing in Hong Kong.
          Em                    
And there ain't nothin' like the 
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kisses from a jaded Chinese 
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princess,
          Am                
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong 
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mattress all night long


[Verse 8]
         Em                C      
Well the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone.
             Em               
You know the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone.
         Em            C          
And it's really got me worried, 
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I'm going nowhere and I'm in a 
hurry.
             Am               
You know the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone.


[Verse 9]
         Em                C      
Well the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone.
             Em               
You know the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone.
         Em            C          
And it's really got me worried, 
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I'm going nowhere and I'm in a 
hurry.
             Am               
You know the last plane out of 
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Sydney's almost gone.