Goodnight Saigon Uke tab by Billy Joel

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We met as soulmates on Parris Island
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We left as inmates from an asylum
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And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
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And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives
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We came in spastic like tameless horses
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We left in plastic as numbered corpses
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And we learned fast to travel light
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Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight
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We had no homefront, we had no soft soap
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They sent us Playboy, They gave us Bob Hope
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We dug in deep and shot on sight
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and prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might
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We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
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We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes
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And it was dark, so dark at night
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And we held onto each other, like brother to brother
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We promised our mothers we'd write
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And we would all go down together
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We said we'd all go down together
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Yes, we would all go down together

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Remember Charlie, Remember Baker
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They left their childhood on every acre
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And who was wrong? And who was right?
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It didn't matter in the thick of the fight


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We held the day in the palm of our hand
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They ruled the night, and the night 
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Seemed to last as long as six weeks on Parris Island
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We held the coastline, They held the highland
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And they were sharp, as sharp as knives
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They heard the hum of the motors
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They counted the rotors
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And waited for us to arrive


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And we would all go down together
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We said we'd all go down together
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Yes, we would all go down together

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