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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- 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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Cold Chisel – Khe Sanh
Capo 5th Fret
Chords respective to capo (so play a Bm but the note is Em)
Bm G D A
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
Bm G A F#
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
Bm G
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
D G
From the ocean to the Silver City
Em C A
And it's only other vets could understand
Bm G D
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
A Bm G A
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
F# Bm G
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
D G
Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
Em A D G D A
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
Bm G D A
And she was like so many more from that time on
Bm G A
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
F# Bm G
And their legs were often open
D G
But their minds were always closed
Em C A
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
Bm G D A
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay-packet lean
Bm G A F#
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Bm G
Car parks make me jumpy
D G
And I never stopped the dreams
Em A D G D A
Or the growing need for speed and novocaine
Bm G D
So I worked across the country from end to end
A Bm G A
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
F# Bm G
Held a job on an oil-rig
D G
Flying choppers when I could
Em C A
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
Bm G D A
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Bm G A
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worst for wear
F# Bm G
And I've been back to South East Asia
D G
And the answer sure ain't there
Em A D G D A
But I'm driftin' north, to check things out again
PIANO SOLO CHORDS
Bm G D A
Bm G A F#
Bm G D G
Em A D G D A
Bm G D A
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Bm G A
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
F# Bm G
There ain't nothing like the kisses
D G
From a jaded Chinese princess
Em C A
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
Bm G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A Bm G A
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
F# Bm G
And it's really got me worried
D G
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Em A D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A Bm G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A Bm G A
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
F# Bm G
It's a really got me worried
D G
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Em A D G D G D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
PLEASE RATE!!
Questions/Comments: [email protected]
Capo 5th Fret
Chords respective to capo (so play a Bm but the note is Em)
Bm G D A
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
Bm G A F#
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
Bm G
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
D G
From the ocean to the Silver City
Em C A
And it's only other vets could understand
Bm G D
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
A Bm G A
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
F# Bm G
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
D G
Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
Em A D G D A
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
Bm G D A
And she was like so many more from that time on
Bm G A
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
F# Bm G
And their legs were often open
D G
But their minds were always closed
Em C A
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
Bm G D A
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, pay-packet lean
Bm G A F#
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Bm G
Car parks make me jumpy
D G
And I never stopped the dreams
Em A D G D A
Or the growing need for speed and novocaine
Bm G D
So I worked across the country from end to end
A Bm G A
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
F# Bm G
Held a job on an oil-rig
D G
Flying choppers when I could
Em C A
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
Bm G D A
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Bm G A
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worst for wear
F# Bm G
And I've been back to South East Asia
D G
And the answer sure ain't there
Em A D G D A
But I'm driftin' north, to check things out again
PIANO SOLO CHORDS
Bm G D A
Bm G A F#
Bm G D G
Em A D G D A
Bm G D A
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Bm G A
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
F# Bm G
There ain't nothing like the kisses
D G
From a jaded Chinese princess
Em C A
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
Bm G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A Bm G A
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
F# Bm G
And it's really got me worried
D G
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Em A D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A Bm G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
A Bm G A
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
F# Bm G
It's a really got me worried
D G
I'm goin nowhere and I'm in a hurry
Em A D G D G D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
PLEASE RATE!!
Questions/Comments: [email protected]
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