From: Peter Eybert [pjoe@charon.muc.de] 
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 mates on Parris Island, 
Dm Dm7 C 
we left as inmates from an asylum. 
Em Am Em Am 
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives 
Dm Dm/C G C G 
and we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives. 
  
Dm Dm7 C 
We came in spastic like tameless horses, 
Dm Dm7 C 
we left in plastic as numbered corpses. 
Em Am Em Am 
And we learned fast to travel light, 
Dm C Bb G Dm G 
our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight. 
  
Dm Dm7 C 
We had no home front, we had no soft soap. 
Dm Dm7 C 
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope. 
Em Am Em Am 
We dug in deep and shot on sight 
Dm F G C G 
and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might. 
  
Dm Dm7 C 
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape 
Dm Dm7 C 
we passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes. 
Em Am Em Am 
And it was dark, so dark at night 
Dm Dm/C 
and we held on to each other, like brother to brother, 
Bb F6/A G 
we promised our mothers we'd write. 
  
F Bb C C7 
And we would all go down together, 
F Bb C C7 
we said we'd all go down together, 
F Bb G F Dm C 
yes, we would all go down together. 
  
Dm Dm7 C 
Remember Charlie, remember Baker, 
Dm Dm7 C 
they left their childhood on every acre. 
Em Am Em Am 
And who was wrong? And who was right? 
Dm C Bb G 
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight. 
  
Am Em C Dm E Dm Dm7 E 
We held the day in the palm of our hand. 
Am Em C Dm E Dm C+ 
They ruled the night and the night seemed to last 
E C E Dm Dm7 C 
as long as six weeks on Parris Island. 
Dm Dm7 C 
We held the coastline, they held the highlands, 
Em Am Em Am 
and they were sharp, as sharp as knives, 
Dm Dm/C 
they heard the hum of motors, they counted the rotors 
Bb F6/A G 
and waited for us to arrive. 
  
F Bb C C7 
And we would all go down together, 
F Bb C C7 
we said we'd all go down together, 
F Bb G F Dm Bb 
yes, we would all go down together. 
  
G F Dm Bb ... 
  
(C+ = 032110) 
  
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pjoe@charon.muc.de