The War Correspondent Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]"Good evening ' I'm Ross [G]Sy mons,
with the [F]news [C]from ABC
A re[F]cord [C]profit's been announced
by the Board [G]of BHP
In the [C]second cricket [G]test in Perth,
[F]the Aussies face defeat
[C]Whilst the dro[F]ught in Western
New [C]South Wales
Means dearer cuts of [G]meat
And our [F]special corres
[G]pondent in Sai[C]gon[G][Am]
[G]Says thr[F]ee Australian sol[G]diers
have died in Viet[C]nam

[Verse 2]
The [C]special [G]correspondent
sat [F]in a Saigon [C]bar
With the [F]help of Johnny [C]Walker
he pushed away [G]the war
And [C]questions with no [G]an swers
that had [F]rattled round his [C]head
Had [F]lost their urgent [C]clarity
and were faded round the [G]edge
Thought to[F]morrow they'd [G]again
be sharp [C]and clear[G][Am]
[G]Tonig[F]ht they had bee[G]n lost amongst
the bar girls and [C]the beer

[Verse 3]
[C]Ask [G]a silly question,
like [F]why the heel we're [C]here
[F]Learning how [C]to live with death,
suffering [G]and fear,
[C]War's a game [G]for soldiers; it's
[F]not for men like [C]you.
Is there [F]something that [C]you have to find
Or something you must [G]prove
Or [F]are you hooked [G]upon the adrenaline
[C]Tha[G]t l[Am]ivin[G]g on the[F]
[G]edge of dying [C]brings

[Verse 4]
But here you are [G]in Vietnam; you're
a [F]long way from [C]home
[F]Doing what you're [C]paid to do,
the best way that [G]you can
Ob[C]jectively you [G]watch the war,
[F]never taking [C]sides
[F]And what you feel, what you [C]really feel,
is hidden deep in[G]side
[F]You're not being [G]paid to moral[C]ize,
[G]And[Am] anyw[G]ay,[F]
[G]a can lose his reason asking w[C]hy.

[Verse 5]
And if you ever [G]get back home,
you'll [F]never be [C]the same
[F]The man that was before [C]Vietnam
can never be [G]again,
But in [C]ten years when [G]you look back
to [F]weigh and count [C]the cost,
Per[F]haps you'll find that Vi[C]etnam
gave you back more than [G]you lost
And [F]from it, [G]if you learn nothing [C]else,[G][Am]
[G]Perhap[F]s you may get[G] to know yoursel[C]f.

[Verse 6]
Roll [C]up, roll up and [G]see the show,
[F]TV soldiers [C]in a row
[F]Hear them laugh, [G]hear [C]them cry,
[F]watch them run, [G]see [C]them [G]die
[C]It's not in color, but tha[G]t's all right
War's [F]better viewed in [C]black and [G]white
[F]White for us and bla[G]ck for the[Am]m
With no [C]gray shad[G]ows in [C]between.

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