[Intro]
[Verse]
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G C G
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
C G
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
C
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
G C
From the ocean to the Silver City
F D G
And it's only other vets could understand ■
D Em C G C
■ About the long forgotten dockside guarantees ■
G D G C D G D7
■ How there were no Vdayheroes in nineteen seventythree ■
Em C
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
G C
Saw an old friend but couldn't kiss her
Am7 D
She was lined and I was home to the lucky land
[Chorus]
G C G Em C G
And ■ ■ she was like so many more from that time on
D Em C D
■ Their lives were all so empty till they found their chosen one
Em
And their legs were often open
C G C
But their minds were always closed
Am7 F D Asus4
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains ■
D Em C G
■ And the legal pads were yellow hours long paypacket lean
D Em C D
■ And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Em C
But the car parks made me jumpy
G C
And I never stopped the dreams
Am7 Am D
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
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Em C G
So I worked across the country end to end
Em C D
Tried to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could mend
B7 Em C
Held a job on an oilrig
G C
Flying choppers when I could
Am F D
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
Em Em7 C G
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Em C D
And each one found me aimless one more year the more for wear
Em C
And I've been back to South East Asia
G C Am7
But the answer sure ain't there
D G C G
But I'm drifting north to check things out again
[Solo]
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Em C G C Am7 D G Em
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G C G D Em C D B7
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Em C G C Am D
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G C G
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[Verse]
D Em C G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
D Em C D
■ Only seven flying hours and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
B7 Em C
■ There ain't nothing like the kisses
G C
From a jaded Chinese princess
Am7 F Dsus4
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
[Chorus]
Am7 Em C
■ Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
G Em C D
Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Em C
And it's really got me worried
G C
I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Am7 D G
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
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C D Em C G C Am Am7
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D G C G C G
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[Outro]
GUITAR
