Goodnight Saigon Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][A][F][D]

[Verse 1]
We met as [Am]soulmates
On [D]Parris [G]Island
We left as [Am]inmates
From [D]an [G]asylum
And we were [Bm]sharp
[Em]As sharp as kniv[Bm]es
[Em]And we were so g[Am]ung ho
to lay down our [D]lives[C][D]

[Verse 2]
We came in [Am]spastic
Like [D]tameless [G]horses
We left in [Am]plastic
As [D]numbered [G]corpses
And we learned [Bm]fast
[Em]To trave[Bm]l light
[Em]Our arms were heav[Am]y
But our bellies were [F]tight
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[Verse 3]
We had no [Am]home front
We [D]had no [G]soft soap
They sent us [Am]Playboy
They [D]gave us [G]Bob Hope
We dug in [Bm]deep
[Em]And shot on sigh[Bm]t
[Em]And prayed to Jesu[Am]s Christ
With all of our [D]might[C][D]

[Verse 4]
We had no [Am]cameras
To [D]shoot the [G]landscape
We passed the [Am]hash pipe
And [D]played our [G]Doors tapes
And it was dark
[Bm]So d[Em]ark at night
[Bm]And [Em]we held onto each[Am] other
Like brother to brother
We [F]promised our [C]mothers we'd [Dm]write

[Chorus 1]
And we would [C]all go [F]down to[G]gether
We said we'd [C]all go [F]down
[D]toget[G]her
Yes, we would [C]all go [F]down
[Am]togeth[D]er
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[Verse 5]
Remember [Am]Charlie
Re[D]member [G]Baker
They left their [Am]childhood
On [D]every [G]acre
And who was wrong?
[Bm]And [Em]who was right?
[Bm]It d[Em]idn't matter[Am]
In the thick of the [F]fight[D]

[Bridge 1]
[Em]We h[D]eld the da[G]y
[A]In the [B]palm [Am]of our h[B]ands
[Em]They [D]ruled the [G]nights
[Am]And the [B]nights s[Am]eemed to l[D]ast

[Verse 6]
As long as [Am]six weeks
On [D]Parris [G]Island
We held the [Am]coastline
They [D]held the [G]highland
And they were sharp
[Bm]As s[Em]harp as knives
[Bm]They[Em] heard the hum of th[Am]e motors
They counted the rotors
And [F]waited for [C]us to ar[Dm]rive

[Chorus 2]
And we would [C]all go [F]down to[G]gether
We said we'd [C]all go [F]down
[D]toget[G]her
Yes, we would [C]all go [F]down [Am]to

[Outro 1]
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