{"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":1804460,"song":"Safe Behind The Wire","artist":"John Schumann","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11397599-safe-behind-the-wire-chords-by-john-schumann/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1804460?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Safe Behind The Wire\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       \r\nWhen the bodies were bagged and the telegrams sent[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the very last chopper had gone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you looked out the window of the 707 on the airfield in Saigon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSome of us thought that the war was over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome of us couldn’t care less;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut you came home and threw a stay-behind party to try to clear up the mess.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don’t know where you are tonight..I’m down here in a firefight…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nBut where-ever you are, I hope you’re safe behind the wire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were fighting for freedom in South-East Asia…. That’s how the story ran;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWindy speeches about a domino falling from China into Vietnam…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut look back in sickness and anger,   Australia didn’t honour her debt;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd non-commission Officer Thompson learned that the war wasn’t over yet.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on your nerves, living on the phone and sleeping in airports far from home….[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nDusted off now and safe behind the wire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental:   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he have and he gave and he kept on giving, till he just couldn’t give anymore;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave it away one morning in Sydney in a rust-red Commodore…[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember Phill best talking on the phone, with a cheeky grin on his face….[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause Royal Commissioners and Knights of the Realm [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThought that Phill didn’t know his place.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don’t know where you are tonight..I’m down here in a firefight…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nBut where-ever you are, I hope you’re safe behind the wire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the’re still bagging bodies, Phill, though fourteen years have gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the mums and the dads and the wives and the kids still have to soldier on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don’t know where you are tonight..I’m down here in a firefight…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nBut where-ever you are, I hope you’re safe behind the wire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don’t know where you are tonight..I’m down here in a firefight…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut where-ever you are, I hope you’re safe behind the wire.[/tab]","plain_text":"Safe Behind The Wire\n\n\nIntro\n\nD       A      D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental:   A       G       D       A       G","chords":["D","A","G","Bm","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}