Cold Chisel-Khe Sanh Last Plane Out Of Sydney - BPM - 102
Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [Intro - No drums - BPM 164]
Play the NOTES D,E,G,A. (D 0h2 G 0h2) Then play barre CHORDS: G D/F# Em D - C Bm C D then straight into the verse
[Verse 1 - No drums] I [Em] left my heart to the [C] sappers round Khe Sanh [G][C][G][D] And my [Em] soul was sold with my [C] cigarettes to the [D] Black [D6] market [D7] man [B] I've had the [Em] Vietnam cold [C] turkey, from the [G] ocean to the [G/F#] silver [C] city And it's [Am] only other [F] vets would understand [D][D6][D7][B] About the [Em] long forgotten [C] dockside guarantees [G][C][G][D] How there were [Em] no V-day [C] heroes in [D] 19 [D6] 7 [D7] 3 [B] How we [Em] sailed into Sydney [C] harbour, Saw an [G] old friend but [G/F#] couldn't [C] kiss her She was [Am] lined, and I was [D] home to the lucky land [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 2 - Drums in] And she was [Em] like so many [C] more from that time on [G][C][G][D] Their [Em] lives were all so [C] empty, till they [D] found their [D6] chosen [D7] one [B] And their [Em] legs were often [C] open But their [G] minds were [G/F#] always [C] closed And their [Am] hearts were held in [F] fast suburban [D] chains [D6][D7][B]
And the [Em] legal pads were [C] yellow, hours [G] long, pay [C] packet [G] lean [D] And the [Em] telex writers [C] clattered where the [D] gunships [D6] once had [D7] been [B] But the [Em] car parks made me [C] jumpy And I [G] never [G/F#] stopped the [C] dreams Or the [Am] growing need for [D] speed and novacaine [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 3] So I [Em] worked across the [C] country end to end [G][C][G][D] Tried to [Em] find a place to [C] settle down, where my [D] mixed up [D6] life could [D7] mend [B] Held a [Em] job on an [C] oil-rig Flying [G] choppers [G/F#] when I [C] could But the [Am] nightlife nearly [F] drove me round the bend [D][D6][D7][B] And I've [Em] travelled round the [C] world from year to year [G][C][G][D] And [Em] each one found me [C] aimless, one more [D] year the [D6] worse for [D7] wear [B] And I've been [Em] back to South East [C] Asia But the [G] answer [G/F#] sure ain't [C] there But I'm [Am] drifting north, to [D] check things out a [G] gain [C][G][D]
[Synth Solo CHORDS] Em C G D Em C D B Em C G C Am D (G C G D)
[Verse 4] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Only [Em] seven flying [C] hours, and I'll be [D] landing [D6] in Hong [D7] Kong [B] There ain't [Em] nothing like the [C] kisses From a [G] jaded [G/F#] Chinese [C] princess I'm gonna [Am] hit some Hong Kong [F] mattress all night long [D][D6][D7][B]
Well the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Yeah the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [D][D6][D7][B] And it's [Em] really got me [C] worried I'm goin' [G] nowhere [G/F#] and I'm [C] in a hurry You know the [Am] last plane out of [D] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] (Repeat from "Last Plane" one time) G C G C - G C G G [End]
[Other Notes] Original D (x5777x) D6 (x57777) D7 (x57778) Ebdim (x6787x) (Can replace Bmaj with Ebdim as per above but fuller with B)
[Verse 1] [F] I, I'm so in [Am/D-x57555]love with you Whatever you [Bb]want to do Is all right with [Bbm9-x13111]me 'Cause [Am7]you [Gm7] make me [Fmaj7]feel [Em]so brand [Dm9-xx0210]new And [Am7]I [Gm7] want to [Fmaj7]spend my [Am7]life with [Dm9]you
[Verse 2] [F]Since, since we've been to [Am/D]gether Loving you for [Bb]ever Is what I [Bbm9] need [Am7]Let me [Gm7] be the [Fmaj7]one you come [Em]running [Dm9]to [Am7]I'll [Gm7] never [Fmaj7]be [Am7]un-un [Dm9]true
[Bridge] [Gm9-353335]Let's, let's stay to [Am7]gether Lovin' you [Gm9]whether, whether Times are [Bbmaj7] good or [Am7] bad, [Dm7] happy or [C] sad
[String Section] [Gm9][Gm9][Abmaj7][Gm][Abmaj7][Abmaj7] Whether times are [Bbmaj7] good or [Am7] bad, [Dm7] happy or [C] sad
[Verse 3] [F]Why, why some people [Am/D]break up Then turn around and [Bb]make up I just can't [Bbm9] see
[Am7]You'd [Gm7] never [Fmaj7]do [Em]that to [Dm9]me (would you, baby) [Am7] Staying [Gm7] around [Fmaj7]you is [Am7]all I [Dm9]see (Here's what I want us to do)
[Coda] [Gm9]Let's, we oughta stay to [Am7]gether Loving you [Gm9]whether, whether Times are [Bbmaj7]good or [Am7]bad, [Dm7]happy or [C]sad (repeat to fade)
