Written by Adam Brand and Sam Hawksley
Excerpt from Khe Sanh written by Don Walker
2 beats per chord _ syncopated change
` 2 beats . 2/4 bar
(tune down one semitone for recorded key of Db)
INTRO:
D A _G ` D A _G `
We
VERSE:
D A G ` D A G `
Head outta town in a convoy of utes covered in stickers and dirt
D A G ` D A G `
Hats go on we're goin' off to party for all we're worth
Bm ` G `
People say they can't figure us out don't
D A G `
Know what's goin' on in our head when they
CHORUS:
A ` G ` A ` G _D
Play Khe Sanh that's our song we sure can't sing but we all sing a-long we're
A ` .Em Bm ` Bm `
Just havin' fun we ain't doin' no wrong
G ` A NC
Just so you know that's where we're comin'
RE-INTRO:
D A _G ` D A _G `
From there
VERSE:
D A G ` D A G `
Ain't no fun till the work's all done and the weekend comes a-round
D A G ` D A G `
Goin' hard under the stars music up tailgates down
Bm ` G `
We don't for-get what we stand for even
D A G `
When we can hardly stand when they
CHORUS:
(as before)
BRIDGE:
Em Em7 Em ` G Gmaj7 G `
From
Em Em7 Em ` A ` A A-lick
CHORUS-SHORT:
(breakdown) (tutti)
A ` G ` A ` G _D
Play Khe Sanh that's our song we sure can't sing but we all sing a-long we're
A ` .Em Bm ` Bm `
Just havin' fun we ain't doin' no wrong oh when
CHORUS-VARIATION:
A ` G ` A ` G _D
Somebody's down you can count on folks like us 'cos we'll get it done so
A ` .Em Bm ` Bm `
Don't write us off we're just havin' fun
G ` A `
Just so you know oh
TAG:
Em ` A ` Em ` G A
Just so you know just so you know that's where we're comin'
OUTRO:
D A _G ` D A _G `
From that's where we're comin' from that's where we're comin'
D A _G ` D A _G
From that's where we're comin' from (pause)
KHE SANH
INTRO:
(piano figure)
D A/C# Bm A G ` ` `
[D] [A/C#] [Bm] [A] [G]
REFRAIN:[(band)]
(on cue) Bm ` G ` D G D A
Well the last plane outta Sydney's almost gone well the
Bm ` G ` A ` A `
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah and it's
Bm ` G ` D D/F# G `
Really got me worried I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry the
Em ` A ` D G D A
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah the
REFRAIN:
Bm ` G ` D G D A
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah the
Bm ` G ` A ` A `
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah and it's
Bm ` G ` D D/F# G `
Really got me worried I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry you know the
Em ` A ` D G D G D
Last plane out of Sydney's almost gone_____
(ritard)
CHORDS: A-lick:
[D] [A] [G] [Bm] [Em] [Em7] [Gmaj7] [A/C#] [D/F#] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E --2---0---3---2---0----0-----3-----0-----2-- E ---------
B --3---2---0---3---0----0-----0-----2-----3-- B ---------
G --2---2---0---4---0----0-----0-----2-----2-- G ---------
D --0---2---0---4---2----0-----4-----2-----0-- D ---------
A ------0-------2---2----2-----------4-------- A ---------
E ----------3-------0----0-----3-----------2-- E ---2-3-4-
To play along with the recording without tuning down
use a capo at Fret-1 and substitute chords:
[C] [G] [F] [Am] [Dm] [Dm7] [Fmaj7] [G/B] [C/E]
E --0---3---1---0---1----1-----0-----3-----0--
B --1---0---1---1---3----1-----1-----0-----1--
G --0---0---2---2---2----2-----2-----0-----0--
D --2---0---3---2---0----0-----3-----0-----2--
A --3-------3---0--------------3-----2--------
E ------3---1------------------1-----------0--
INTRO:
Lead guitar part can be incoporated into the strum
TAB shows changes only - chords ring throughout
d and u indicate which beats are strummed
[D] [A] [G]
[1] [2] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [2] [3] [+] [4] [+]
[d] [d] [d] [u] [d] [u] [d] [d] [u] [d] [u]
E -2-------0-----3- -----------------
B -3-------2-3-2-0- -----------------
G -2-------2-----0- -----------------
D -0-------2-----0- -----------------
A ---------0------- -----------------
E ---------------3- -----------------
Excerpt from Khe Sanh written by Don Walker
2 beats per chord _ syncopated change
` 2 beats . 2/4 bar
(tune down one semitone for recorded key of Db)
INTRO:
D A _G ` D A _G `
We
VERSE:
D A G ` D A G `
Head outta town in a convoy of utes covered in stickers and dirt
D A G ` D A G `
Hats go on we're goin' off to party for all we're worth
Bm ` G `
People say they can't figure us out don't
D A G `
Know what's goin' on in our head when they
CHORUS:
A ` G ` A ` G _D
Play Khe Sanh that's our song we sure can't sing but we all sing a-long we're
A ` .Em Bm ` Bm `
Just havin' fun we ain't doin' no wrong
G ` A NC
Just so you know that's where we're comin'
RE-INTRO:
D A _G ` D A _G `
From there
VERSE:
D A G ` D A G `
Ain't no fun till the work's all done and the weekend comes a-round
D A G ` D A G `
Goin' hard under the stars music up tailgates down
Bm ` G `
We don't for-get what we stand for even
D A G `
When we can hardly stand when they
CHORUS:
(as before)
BRIDGE:
Em Em7 Em ` G Gmaj7 G `
From
Em Em7 Em ` A ` A A-lick
CHORUS-SHORT:
(breakdown) (tutti)
A ` G ` A ` G _D
Play Khe Sanh that's our song we sure can't sing but we all sing a-long we're
A ` .Em Bm ` Bm `
Just havin' fun we ain't doin' no wrong oh when
CHORUS-VARIATION:
A ` G ` A ` G _D
Somebody's down you can count on folks like us 'cos we'll get it done so
A ` .Em Bm ` Bm `
Don't write us off we're just havin' fun
G ` A `
Just so you know oh
TAG:
Em ` A ` Em ` G A
Just so you know just so you know that's where we're comin'
OUTRO:
D A _G ` D A _G `
From that's where we're comin' from that's where we're comin'
D A _G ` D A _G
From that's where we're comin' from (pause)
KHE SANH
INTRO:
(piano figure)
D A/C# Bm A G ` ` `
[D] [A/C#] [Bm] [A] [G]
REFRAIN:[(band)]
(on cue) Bm ` G ` D G D A
Well the last plane outta Sydney's almost gone well the
Bm ` G ` A ` A `
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah and it's
Bm ` G ` D D/F# G `
Really got me worried I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry the
Em ` A ` D G D A
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah the
REFRAIN:
Bm ` G ` D G D A
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah the
Bm ` G ` A ` A `
Last plane outta Sydney's almost gone yeah and it's
Bm ` G ` D D/F# G `
Really got me worried I'm goin' nowhere and I'm in a hurry you know the
Em ` A ` D G D G D
Last plane out of Sydney's almost gone_____
(ritard)
CHORDS: A-lick:
[D] [A] [G] [Bm] [Em] [Em7] [Gmaj7] [A/C#] [D/F#] [3] [+] [4] [+]
E --2---0---3---2---0----0-----3-----0-----2-- E ---------
B --3---2---0---3---0----0-----0-----2-----3-- B ---------
G --2---2---0---4---0----0-----0-----2-----2-- G ---------
D --0---2---0---4---2----0-----4-----2-----0-- D ---------
A ------0-------2---2----2-----------4-------- A ---------
E ----------3-------0----0-----3-----------2-- E ---2-3-4-
To play along with the recording without tuning down
use a capo at Fret-1 and substitute chords:
[C] [G] [F] [Am] [Dm] [Dm7] [Fmaj7] [G/B] [C/E]
E --0---3---1---0---1----1-----0-----3-----0--
B --1---0---1---1---3----1-----1-----0-----1--
G --0---0---2---2---2----2-----2-----0-----0--
D --2---0---3---2---0----0-----3-----0-----2--
A --3-------3---0--------------3-----2--------
E ------3---1------------------1-----------0--
INTRO:
Lead guitar part can be incoporated into the strum
TAB shows changes only - chords ring throughout
d and u indicate which beats are strummed
[D] [A] [G]
[1] [2] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [2] [3] [+] [4] [+]
[d] [d] [d] [u] [d] [u] [d] [d] [u] [d] [u]
E -2-------0-----3- -----------------
B -3-------2-3-2-0- -----------------
G -2-------2-----0- -----------------
D -0-------2-----0- -----------------
A ---------0------- -----------------
E ---------------3- -----------------
