Biography:
Cold Chisel produced the canonical example of Australian pub rock, with a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and they are acknowledged as one of the most popular and successful Australian groups of the period, although this success and acclaim was almost completely restricted to Australia.
The band formed in Adelaide in 1973 as a heavy metal band called Orange around keyboard player Don Walker and original bassist Les Kascmarek and while hard rock remained at the core of their sound Cold Chisel displayed a remarkable versatility.
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Other songs:
- Flame Trees
- Khe Sanh
- Working Class Man
- All For You
- Bow River
- Cheap Wine
- Choir Girl
- Forever Now
- Four Walls
- Id Die To Be With You Tonight
- Im Gonna Roll Ya
- Ita
- Janelle
- Lovelight
- Missing A Girl
- My Baby
- Plaza
- Saturday Night
- Shipping Steel
- Standing On The Outside
- Star Hotel
- The Things I Love In You
- Way Down
- When The War Is Over
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INTRO:
C G Am G F C Dm G
verse 1:
Am F C Csus4 C
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
Am F G Am G
And i sold my soul with my cigarettes to the black market man
Am F
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
C F
from the ocean to the silver city
Dm A# G Am G
And it's only other Vets could understand
verse 2
Am F C Csus4 C
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
Am F G Am G
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy three
Am F
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
C F
saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
Dm G C F C
She was lined and I was home to the lucky land
verse 3:
Am F C Csus4 C
And she was like so many more from that time on
Am F G Am G
Their lives were all so empty till they'd found their chosen one
Am F
And their legs were often open
C F
but their minds were always closed
Dm A# G Am G
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
verse 4:
Am F C Csus4 C
And the legal pads were yellow hours long paypackets lean
Am F G Am G
And the telex writers clattered were the gunships once had been
Am F
But the car parks made me jumpy
C F
And it never stopped the dreams
Dm G C F C
or the growing need for speed and novacaine
verse 5:
Am F C Csus4 C
So I worked across the country end to end
Am F G Am 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 F
flying choppers when I could
Dm A# G Am G
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
verse 6:
Am F C Csus4 C
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Am F G Am/D G
And each one's found me aimless one more year the worse for wear
Am F
And I've been back to South East Asia
C F
but the answer sure ain't there
Dm G C F C
But I'm drifting North to check things out again
this fills the next bit
Am F C-Csus4-C
Am F G-Am-G
Am F C F Dm G C-F-C
verse 7:
Am F C Csus4 C
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G Am G
Only seven flying hours and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
Am F
There ain't nothing like the kisses
C F
From a jaded Chinese Princess
Dm A# G-Am-G
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
verse 8:
Am F C-Csus4-C
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G-Am-G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F
and it's really got me worried
C F
I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Dm G C G/B
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F C Csus4 C
Well know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G Am G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F
and it's really got me worried
C F
I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Dm G C F C F C
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
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