Cold Chisel-Khe Sanh Last Plane Out Of Sydney
[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)