Joel Billy

Joel Billy - Goodnight Saigon guitar chord

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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 8:54 AM

Song: Goodnight Saigon

by Billy Joel

from "The Nylon Curtain",1982

transcribed by Peter Eybert

F Dm Bb G

Dm Dm7 C

We met as soul ...

Dm Dm7 C

we left as inmates ....

Em Am Em Am

And we were sharp, ...

Dm Dm/C G C G

and we were so gung-ho ....

Dm Dm7 C

We came in spastic li...

Dm Dm7 C

we left in plastic ...

Em Am Em Am

And we learned fast ...

Dm C Bb G Dm G

our arms were heavy ....

Dm Dm7 C

We had no home front, ...

Dm Dm7 C

They sent us Playboy...

Em Am Em Am

We dug in deep ...

Dm F G C G

and prayed to Jesus ...

Dm Dm7 C

We had no cameras to ....

Dm Dm7 C

we passed the hash pipe ....

Em Am Em Am

And it was dark, ...

Dm Dm/C

and we held on to each ....,

Bb F6/A G

we promised our ....

F Bb C C7

And we would all ...

F Bb C C7

we said we'd all ...

F Bb G F Dm C

yes, we would all ...

Dm Dm7 C

Remember Charlie....

Dm Dm7 C

they left their ...

Em Am Em Am

And who was wrong...

Dm C Bb G

It didn't matter in ....

Am Em C Dm E Dm Dm7 E

We held the day in ...

Am Em C Dm E Dm C+

They ruled the night ...

E C E Dm Dm7 C

as long as six weeks ...

Dm Dm7 C

We held the coastline...

Em Am Em Am

and they were sharp, ....

Dm Dm/C

they heard the hum of ...

Bb F6/A G

and waited for ...

F Bb C C7

And we would all ....

F Bb C C7

we said we'd all ..

F Bb G F Dm Bb

yes, we would ...

G F Dm Bb ...

(C+ = 032110)

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