{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1000758,"song":"Khe Sanh","artist":"Cold Chisel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11221197-khe-sanh-chords-by-cold-chisel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1000758?type=chord","rating":4.7781,"votes":542,"content":"Alternate pattern 2 x2, main pattern x2 on the first two verses and instrumental.\r\n\r\n\r\nTuning is closer to A = 445hz/446hz.\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      320003     [ch]D[/ch]     xx0232     [ch]Em[/ch]    0220xx\r\n[ch]C[/ch]      x32010     [ch]Am[/ch]    xx2210     [ch]G/F#[/ch]  200003\r\n[ch]Dsus4[/ch]  xx0233     [ch]D5[/ch]    xx0235     [ch]B[/ch]     xx9877     [ch]B7[/ch] xx7877\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff 1            Riff 2\r\ne|---------|      e|----------|\r\nB|---------|      B|----------|\r\nG|-----0-2-|      G|-2h4p2-0--|\r\nD|-0-2-----|      D|----------|\r\nA|---------|      A|----------|\r\nE|---------|      E|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRiff 1 / / / Riff 2 / / / / / / / / / / / /[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's only other vets could understand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]       [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHow there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was lined, and I was home to the lucky land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was like so many more from that time on[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd their hearts were held in fast suburban chains[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the legal pads were yellow, hours long paypackets lean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the carparks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr the growing need for speed and novacaine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I worked across the country from end to end[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nTried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHeld a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I've travelled round the world from year to year,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I've been back to South East Asia, and the answer sure ain't there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'm drifting north, to check things out again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]       |[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]       |[ch]D[/ch]       |[ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]Em[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]       |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]C[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]Am[/ch]      |[ch]D[/ch]       |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there ain't nothin' like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D5[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off\r","plain_text":"Alternate pattern 2 x2, main pattern x2 on the first two verses and instrumental.\n\n\nTuning is closer to A = 445hz/446hz.\n\n\nG      320003     D     xx0232     Em    0220xx\nC      x32010     Am    xx2210     G/F#  200003\nDsus4  xx0233     D5    xx0235     B     xx9877     B7 xx7877\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n|Em      |C       |G  G/F# |G   D   |\n|Em      |C       |D       |D       |\n|Em      |C       |G       |C       |\n|Am      |D       |G   C   |G   D   |\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  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