{"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":1716899,"song":"Goodnight Saigon","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1716899-goodnight-saigon-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1716899?type=chord","rating":4.81345,"votes":23,"content":"\r\n[tab]INTRO\r\n  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---0---|\r\nG|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---0---|\r\nD|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\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]Bb[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\ne|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|5---7---8---10--|5---7---8-------|\r\nB|3---1---3---5---|3---1---3---5---|7---8---10--12--|6---8---10------|\r\nG|3---------------|4---------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\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]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---0---|\r\nG|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---0---|\r\nD|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/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]Bb[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             \r\ne|----0---1---3---|5---7---8---10--|\r\nB|3---1---3---5---|6---8---10--12--|\r\nG|3---------------|----------------|\r\nD|----------------|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------[/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[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|\r\nG|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|\r\nD|3---------------|3---------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---3---|----0---1---0---|\r\nG|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---4---|2---0---2---0---|\r\nD|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|\r\nA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["F","Dm","Bbmaj7","G","B","D","A","E","C","Dm7","Em","Am","Bb","G7","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"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]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}