Singing In Viet Nam Talking Blues
Key: GCapo 3English
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One morGnin' at breakfast I said to my wife
"We've been Cev'rywhere once and some places twice."
A7As I had another helping of country ham she said
D"We ain't never been to Vietnam
And there's a bunch of Gour boys over there."
So Cwe went to the Orient Saigon. D7
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Well we got a Gbig welcome when we drove in
To the gates Cof a place that they call Long Ben.
We checA7ked in and ev'rything got kind of quiet.
But a solDdier boy said "Just wait till tonight.
Things get noisy Gthings start happenin'. C
Big bad fireD7crackers."
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Well that night Gwe did about four shows for the boys
And they were livin' it Cup with a whole lot of noise.
We did A7our last song for the night
And we crawled Dinto bed for some peace and quiet.
But things weren't Gpeaceful and things weren't quiet. C
Things were scaD7ry.
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Well for a few miGnutes June never said one word
And I Cthought at first that she hadn't heard.
Then a shell A7exploded not two miles away.
She sat Dup in bed and I heard her say
"What was that?" I Gsaid "That was a shell or a bomb." C
She said "I'm scared." I D7said "Me too".
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Well all Gnight long that noise kept on
And the sound Cwould chill you right to the bone.
The bulA7lets and the bombs and the mortar shells
DShook our bed ev'ry time one fell and it never let up. G
It was gonna get worse before it got Cany better. D7
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Well when the sun came up Gthe noise died down.
We got a few miCnutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound.
Then a soldier A7knocked on our door and said
Last night Dthey brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded. G
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And would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys. Yeah.
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So we went Gto the hospital ward by day
CAnd ev'ry night we were singin' away.
Then the shells A7and the bombs till dawn again
And the helicopDters brought in the wounded men.
GNight after night day after day comin' Cand goin'. D7
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So we sadly Gsang for them our last song
CAnd reluctantly we said "So long."
We did A7our best to let 'em know that we care
For ev'ry Dlast one of 'em that's over there.
Whether we beGlong over there or not
Somebody over here loves 'Cem and needs 'em. D7
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Well now that's aGbout all that there is to tell
About that Clittle trip into livin' hell.
And if I ever A7go back over there anymore
I hope there's none of Dour boys there for me to sing for.
I hope that war is Gover with
And they all come back Chome to stay in peace. D7 G