{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1067640,"song":"Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1067640-singing-in-vietnam-talking-blues-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1067640?type=chord","rating":4.73544,"votes":3,"content":"Capo 3rd fret\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n||:   [ch]G[/ch]     |     [ch]G[/ch]    :||\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne mornin' at breakfast I said to my wife,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"We've been ev'rywhere once and some places twice.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAs I had another helping of country ham, she said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n     \"We ain't never been to Vietnam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a bunch of our boys over there.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSo       we went to the Orient,     Saigon.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, we got a big welcome when we drove in[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the gates of a place that they call Long Ben.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe checked in and ev'rything got kind of quiet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut a soldier boy said, \"Just wait till tonight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThings get noisy, things start happenin'.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBig, bad firecrackers.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, that night we did about four shows for the boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they were livin' it up with a whole lot of noise.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe did our last song for the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut things weren't peaceful and things weren't      quiet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThings were      scary.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, for a few minutes, June never said one word,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I     thought at first that she hadn't heard.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen a shell exploded not two miles away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe sat up in bed and I heard her say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"What was that?\" I said, \"That was a shell    or a bomb.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShe said, \"I'm scared.\" I said, \"Me too\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, all night long that noise kept on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound would chill you right to the bone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe bullets and the bombs and the mortar shells[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n      Shook our bed ev'ry time one fell and it never let up.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt was gonna get worse     before it got any better.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, when the sun came up, the noise died down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen a soldier knocked on our door and said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLast night they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded.[/tab]\r\n                                    [ch]C[/ch]                                           \r\n[tab]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys.        Yeah.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, we went to the hospital ward by day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n     And ev'ry night we were singin' away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen the shells and the bombs till dawn again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the helicopters brought in the wounded men.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNight after night, day after day, comin' and goin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, we sadly sang for them our last song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n     And reluctantly we said, \"So long.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe did our best to let 'em know that we care[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor ev'ry last one of  'em that's over there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWether we belong over there or not,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSomebody over here loves 'em and needs 'em.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, now, that's about all that there is to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout that little trip into livin' hell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd if  I ever go back over there anymore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope there's none of our boys there for me to sing for.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI hope that war is over with[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they all come back home to stay           in peace.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 3rd fret\n\nIntro:\n\n||:   G     |     G    :||\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                    C","chords":["G","C","A7","D","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}