[Intro - No drums - Just finger pick - 2 bars per chord] |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |Amaj7 |Dmaj7 |
E -9----------12-9---9---------- B -9----10-10--------10-------------- G -9--11-------------11--------- D -X-----------------0------- A -0-------------------------- E ----------------------------
[Verse 1 - Finger pick] [Amaj7] We've only just be [Dmaj7] gun ......... t [C#m7] o live, [F#m7] White lace and [Bm7] promi...ses, [F#m7] A kiss for luck and we're [Bm7] on our waaaay.(start to strum) ([E7sus4][E7]) we only be
[Verse 2 - Drums in - Light snare sound based on downstroke on strings - not slap ] [Amaj7] (gun) Before the rising [Dmaj7] sun ........we [C#m7] fly, [F#m7] So many [Bm7] roads to choose, [F#m7] We start off walking and [Bm7] learn to ruuuuun, ([E7sus4][E7]) And yes, we've just be (full drums)
[Vamp - 1 bar each - play chord on snare mainl] gun [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - ([Dmaj7][E])
[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to] [F#] Sharing hor [Bmaj7] izons that are [F#] new to us, [Bmaj7] [F#] Watching the [Bmaj7] signs along the [F#] way. [Bmaj7] (slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333) [Bb] Talkin' it [Ebmaj7] over, just the t [Bb] wo of us, [Ebmaj7] [Bb] Working [Ebmaj7] together day to ([E7sus4][E7]) day........ to gether..
[Verse 3 - Light drums again] [Amaj7] And when the evening [Dmaj7] comes we [C#m7] smile, [F#m7] So much of [Bm7] life a...head. [F#m7] We'll find a place where there's r [Bm7] oom to grow, [E7] And yes, we've just begun. (full drums)
[Vamp - 1 bar each - play chord on snare mainl] [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - ([Dmaj7][E])
[CHORUS:] [F#] Sharing hor [Bmaj7] izons that are [F#] new to us, [Bmaj7] [F#] Watching the [Bmaj7] signs along the [F#] way. [Bmaj7] [Bb] Talkin' it [Ebmaj7] over, just the t [Bb] wo of us, [Ebmaj7] [Bb] Working [Ebmaj7] together day to [E7sus4] day... [Extra bars introduce] to [E7] gether.. together
[Verse 4] [Amaj7] And when the evening [Dmaj7] comes we [C#m7] smile, [F#m7] So much of [Bm7] life a...head. [F#m7] We'll find a place where there's [Bm7] room to grow, [E7] And yes, we've just begun. (finger pick to end - each 1 bar but tempo goes right down) [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] [C#] . . . .
Cold Chisel-Khe Sanh Last Plane Out Of Sydney - BPM - 160
[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)
