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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pjoe@charon.muc.de
