Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel 1978 Am F C I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh Am F G And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man Am F I've had the Vietnam cold turkey C Am From the ocean to the Silver City F G And it's only other vets could understand Am F C About the long forgotten dockside guarantees Am F G How there were no V-day heroes in 1973 Am F How we sailed into Sydney Harbour C Am Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her F G She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land Am F C And she was like so many more from that time on Am F G Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one Am F And their legs were often open C Am But their minds were always closed F G And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains Am F C And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean Am F G And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been Am F But the car parks made me jumpy C Am And I never stopped the dreams F G Or the growing need for speed and novacaine Am F C So I worked across the country from end to end Am F G Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend Am F Held a job on an oil-rig C Am Flying choppers when I could F G But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend Am F C And I've travelled round the world from year to year Am F G And each one found me aimless, one more year the more for wear Am F And I've been back to South East Asia C Am But the answer sure ain't there F G But I'm drifting north, to check things out again Am F C You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Am F G Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong Am F There ain't nothing like the kisses C Am From a jaded Chinese princess F G I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long Am F C Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Am F G Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Am F And it's really got me worried C Am I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry F G And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone Last Verse x2 I'm not sure how it actually finishes. I finish with a C but I don't think it's right.