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Holiday In Cambodia

Dead Kennedys
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
intro
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------7-7-7------------------------------------------
A----------7-6---------9-8---------7-6---------9-8------------------------
E--8-8-8-5-----8-8-8-5-----------5-----8-8-8-5----------------------------
<- repeat 4x? -> | <- riff 1 ->
E------------------------------|------------------------------------------
B------------------------------|------------------------------------------
G------------------------------|------------------------------------------
D------------------------------|------------------------------------------
A------------------------------|------------------------------------------
E------8-8-8-7---6---5-5-5-----|----------8-8-8---7------6-----5-5-5------
  | so you been to school for a year or two
 So you been to school for a year or two
 And you know you've seen it all
 In daddy's car thinkin' you'll go far
 Back east your type don't crawl
  G D <- switch to chords
 Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz
 On your five  grand stereo
Braggin  that you know how the niggers  feel cold
 And the slums  got so much soul
 It's time  to taste  what you most fear
Right  Guard will  not help you here
Brace  yourself,  my dear
Brace  yourself,  my dear
 It's a holiday  in Cambodia
It's tough  kid but it's life
It's  a holiday  in Cambodia
 riff1
 Don't forget to pack a wife
 You're a Star-Belly Sneech you suck like a leech
 You want everyone to act like you
 Kiss ass while you bitch so you can get rich
 But your boss gets richer off you
 Well you'll  work harder with a gun  in your back
 For a bowl  of rice a day
Slave  for soldiers till  you starve
 Then your head  is skewered on a stake
Now  you can go  where the people are one
Now  you can go  where they get things done
What  you need,  my son
What  you need,  my son
 It's a holiday in  Cambodia
Where people  dress in black
A holiday  in Cambodia
 riff1
 Where you'll kiss ass or crack
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot,  ...
  < THE LEAD GOES HERE,... PERHAPS ANOTHER DAY >
 It's a holiday  in Cambodia
Where you'll  do what your told
A holiday  in Cambodia
Where  the slums  got so much soul Pol Pot
G
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Readable chord sheet for Holiday In Cambodia by Dead Kennedys

intro
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------7-7-7------------------------------------------
A----------7-6---------9-8---------7-6---------9-8------------------------
E--8-8-8-5-----8-8-8-5-----------5-----8-8-8-5----------------------------

    <-       repeat   4x?   -> |  <-               riff 1               ->
E------------------------------|------------------------------------------
B------------------------------|------------------------------------------
G------------------------------|------------------------------------------
D------------------------------|------------------------------------------
A------------------------------|------------------------------------------
E------8-8-8-7---6---5-5-5-----|----------8-8-8---7------6-----5-5-5------
                               |   so you been to school for a year or two

So you been to school for a year or two

And you know you've seen it all

In daddy's car thinkin' you'll go far

Back east your type don't crawl

     G                D                          <- switch to chords
Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz
On your [G]five grand stere[D]o
[G]Braggin that you know how the [D]niggers feel cold
And the [G]slums got so much [D]soul
It's [D]time to [C]taste what [G]you [C]most [A]fear
[D]Right Guard [C]will not [G]help [C]you [A]here
[A]Brace your[B]self, my [C]dear[B]
[A]Brace your[B]self, my [C]dear[D]

It's a [A]holiday in [C]Cam[D]bodia
[C]It's [A]tough kid but [C]it's [D]life
[C]It's a [A]holiday in [C]Cam[D]bodia
[C]     [A]              [G] [F]           riff1
Don't forget to pack a wife

You're a Star-Belly Sneech you suck like a leech

You want everyone to act like you

Kiss ass while you bitch so you can get rich

But your boss gets richer off you

Well [G]you'll work harder with a [D]gun in your back
For a [G]bowl of rice a [D]day
[G]Slave for soldiers [D]till you starve
Then your [G]head is skewered on a [D]stake
[D]Now you can [C]go where the [G]people [C]are [A]one
[D]Now you can [C]go where they [G]get [C]things [A]done
[A]What you [B]need, my [C]son [B]
[A]What you [B]need, my [C]son [D]

It's a [A]holiday [C]in Cam[D]bodia
[C]Where [A]people dress [C]in [D]black
[C]A [A]holiday in [C]Cam[D]bodia
[C]     [A]               [G]  [F]         riff1
Where you'll kiss ass or crack

[A]Pol [C]Pot, [D]Pol [F]Pot, [A]Pol [C]Pot, [D]Pol [F]Pot, [A]Pol [C]Pot, [D]Pol [F]Pot, ...

            < THE LEAD GOES HERE,...     PERHAPS ANOTHER DAY >

It's a [A]holiday in [C]Cam[D]bodia
[C]Where [A]you'll do what [C]your [D]told
[C]A [A]holiday in [C]Cam[D]bodia
[C]Where the [A]slums got so [G]much [F]soul    [C]Pol  [A]Pot

       [A]          [B]          [C]          [D]          [F]          [G]
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