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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- 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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Alternate pattern 2 x2, main pattern x2 on the first two verses and instrumental.
Transcribed by Dean Povey ([email protected])
G 320003 D xx0232 Em 0220xx
C x32010 Am xx2210 G/F# 200003
Riff 1 Riff 2
e|---------| e|----------|
B|---------| B|----------|
G|-----0-2-| G|-2h4p2-0--|
D|-0-2-----| D|----------|
A|---------| A|----------|
E|---------| E|----------|
[Intro]
G D/F# Em D C G/B Am D
Riff 1 / / / Riff 2 / / / / / / / / / / / /
[Verse 1]
Em C G G/F# G D
I left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.
Em C D
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.
Em C G C
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city
Am F D
And it's only other vets could understand.
[Verse 2]
Em C G G/F# G D
'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,
Em C D
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;
Em C G C
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.
Am D G C G D
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
[Verse 3]
Em C G G/F# G D
She was like so many more from that time on
Em C D
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one,
Em C G C
And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed,
Am F D
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
[Verse 4]
Em C G G/F# G D
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long paypackets lean,
Em C D
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been;
Em C G C
But the carparks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams,
Am D G C G D
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
[Verse 5]
Em C G G/F# G D
So I worked across the country from end to end
Em C D
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend,
Em C G C
Held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could,
Am F D
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.
[Verse 6]
Em C G G/F# G D
And I've travelled round the world from year to year,
Em C D
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear,
Em C G C
And I've been back to South East Asia, and the answer sure ain't there,
Am D G C G D
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again.
[Instrumental]
|Em |C |G G/F# |G D |
|Em |C |D |D |
|Em |C |G |C |
|Am |D |G C |G D |
[Verse 7]
Em C G G/F# G D
Well the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong.
Em C G C
And there ain't nothin' like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess,
Am F D
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
[Verse 8]
Em C G G/F# G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C G C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
Am D G C G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
[Verse 9]
Em C G G/F# G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C G C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
Am D G C G C G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
************************************
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
************************************
Transcribed by Dean Povey ([email protected])
G 320003 D xx0232 Em 0220xx
C x32010 Am xx2210 G/F# 200003
Riff 1 Riff 2
e|---------| e|----------|
B|---------| B|----------|
G|-----0-2-| G|-2h4p2-0--|
D|-0-2-----| D|----------|
A|---------| A|----------|
E|---------| E|----------|
[Intro]
G D/F# Em D C G/B Am D
Riff 1 / / / Riff 2 / / / / / / / / / / / /
[Verse 1]
Em C G G/F# G D
I left my heart to the sappers round, Khe Sahn.
Em C D
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes, to the black market man.
Em C G C
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey, from the ocean to the silver city
Am F D
And it's only other vets could understand.
[Verse 2]
Em C G G/F# G D
'Bout the long forgotten dockside guarantees,
Em C D
How there were no V-day heroes in nineteen seventy-three;
Em C G C
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour, saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her.
Am D G C G D
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
[Verse 3]
Em C G G/F# G D
She was like so many more from that time on
Em C D
Their lives were all so empty, till they'd found their chosen one,
Em C G C
And their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed,
Am F D
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
[Verse 4]
Em C G G/F# G D
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long paypackets lean,
Em C D
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been;
Em C G C
But the carparks made me jumpy, and I never stopped the dreams,
Am D G C G D
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
[Verse 5]
Em C G G/F# G D
So I worked across the country from end to end
Em C D
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend,
Em C G C
Held a job on an oil-rig, flying choppers when I could,
Am F D
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend.
[Verse 6]
Em C G G/F# G D
And I've travelled round the world from year to year,
Em C D
And each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear,
Em C G C
And I've been back to South East Asia, and the answer sure ain't there,
Am D G C G D
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again.
[Instrumental]
|Em |C |G G/F# |G D |
|Em |C |D |D |
|Em |C |G |C |
|Am |D |G C |G D |
[Verse 7]
Em C G G/F# G D
Well the last plane of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
And only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong.
Em C G C
And there ain't nothin' like the kisses from a jaded Chinese princess,
Am F D
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
[Verse 8]
Em C G G/F# G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C G C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
Am D G C G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
[Verse 9]
Em C G G/F# G D
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C D
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
Em C G C
And it's really got me worried, I'm going nowhere and I'm in a hurry.
Am D G C G C G
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone.
************************************
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
************************************
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