{"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":1045453,"song":"Goodnight Saigon","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11230893-goodnight-saigon-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1045453?type=chord","rating":4.91807,"votes":219,"content":"Goodnight Saigon chords\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe met as soul mates on Parris Island,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe left as inmates from an asylum.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we were sharp, as sharp as knives[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe came in spastic like tameless horses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe left in plastic as numbered corpses.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we learned fast to travel light, [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nour arms were heavy but our bellies were tight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe had no home front, we had no soft soap.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe dug in deep and shot on sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe had no cameras to shoot the landscape[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it was dark, so dark at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand we held on to each other, like brother to brother,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe promised our mothers we'd write.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd we would all go down together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nwe said we'd all go down together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyes, we would all go down together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRemember Charlie, remember Baker,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey left their childhood on every acre.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd who was wrong? And who was right?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt didn't matter in the thick of the fight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe held the day in the palm of our hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey ruled the night and the night seemed to  last[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas long as six weeks on Parris Island.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe held the coastline, they held the highlands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand they were sharp, as sharp as knives,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthey heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand waited for us to arrive.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd we would all go down together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nwe said we'd all go down together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nyes, we would all go down together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] ...\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo III\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  = [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm7[/ch] = [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  = [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch]  = [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   = [ch]C#[/ch]\r\n\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  = [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm7[/ch] = [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  = [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C7[/ch]  = [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   = [ch]F#[/ch]\r","plain_text":"Goodnight Saigon chords\n\n\nF  Dm  Bb  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  F Dm Bb ...\n\n\nCapo III\n\nC   = A\nDm  = Bm\nDm7 = Bm7\nEm  = C#m\nAm  = F#m\nF   = D\nBb  = B\nG   = E\nC7  = A7\nE   = C#\n\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\n\nC   = D\nDm  = Em\nDm7 = Em7\nEm  = F#m\nAm  = Bm\nF   = G\nBb  = C\nG   = A\nC7  = D7\nE   = F#","chords":["F","Dm","Bb","G","C","Dm7","Em","Am","C7","E","A","Bm","Bm7","C#m","F#m","D","B","A7","C#","Em7","D7","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}