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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- Working Class Man
- All For You
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- 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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Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel 1978
Am F C
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
Am F G
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
Am F
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
C Am
From the ocean to the Silver City
F G
And it's only other vets could understand
Am F C
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
Am F G
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
Am F
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
C Am
Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
F G
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
Am F C
And she was like so many more from that time on
Am F G
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
Am F
And their legs were often open
C Am
But their minds were always closed
F G
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
Am F C
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean
Am F G
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Am F
But the car parks made me jumpy
C Am
And I never stopped the dreams
F G
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
Am F C
So I worked across the country from end to end
Am F G
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
Am F
Held a job on an oil-rig
C Am
Flying choppers when I could
F G
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
Am F C
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Am F G
And each one found me aimless, one more year the more for wear
Am F
And I've been back to South East Asia
C Am
But the answer sure ain't there
F G
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again
Am F C
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G
Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
Am F
There ain't nothing like the kisses
C Am
From a jaded Chinese princess
F G
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
Am F C
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G
Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F
And it's really got me worried
C Am
I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
F G
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Last Verse x2
I'm not sure how it actually finishes. I finish with a C but I don't think it's right.
Am F C
I left my heart to the sappers round Khe Sanh
Am F G
And my soul was sold with my cigarettes to the blackmarket man
Am F
I've had the Vietnam cold turkey
C Am
From the ocean to the Silver City
F G
And it's only other vets could understand
Am F C
About the long forgotten dockside guarantees
Am F G
How there were no V-day heroes in 1973
Am F
How we sailed into Sydney Harbour
C Am
Saw an old friend but I couldn't kiss her
F G
She was lined, and I was home to the lucky land
Am F C
And she was like so many more from that time on
Am F G
Their lives were all so empty, till they found their chosen one
Am F
And their legs were often open
C Am
But their minds were always closed
F G
And their hearts were held in fast suburban chains
Am F C
And the legal pads were yellow, hours long, paypacket lean
Am F G
And the telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been
Am F
But the car parks made me jumpy
C Am
And I never stopped the dreams
F G
Or the growing need for speed and novacaine
Am F C
So I worked across the country from end to end
Am F G
Tried to find a place to settle down, where my mixed up life could mend
Am F
Held a job on an oil-rig
C Am
Flying choppers when I could
F G
But the nightlife nearly drove me round the bend
Am F C
And I've travelled round the world from year to year
Am F G
And each one found me aimless, one more year the more for wear
Am F
And I've been back to South East Asia
C Am
But the answer sure ain't there
F G
But I'm drifting north, to check things out again
Am F C
You know the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G
Only seven flying hours, and I'll be landing in Hong Kong
Am F
There ain't nothing like the kisses
C Am
From a jaded Chinese princess
F G
I'm gonna hit some Hong Kong mattress all night long
Am F C
Well the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F G
Yeah the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Am F
And it's really got me worried
C Am
I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry
F G
And the last plane out of Sydney's almost gone
Last Verse x2
I'm not sure how it actually finishes. I finish with a C but I don't think it's right.
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