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Comin From / Khe Sanh Chords

(ver. 1)
Adam Brand
COMIN' FROM / KHE SANH
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  `

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  `
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        `
D   A  _G        `                  D   A  _G

KHE SANH
INTRO:
(piano figure)
D  A/C#  Bm  A  G  `  `  `

D  A/C#  Bm  A  G
                (band)
REFRAIN:
(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)

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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-|-----------------|


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