{"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":1765596,"song":"P T 109","artist":"Jimmy Dean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11384190-p-t-109-chords-by-jimmy-dean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1765596?type=chord","rating":4.57368,"votes":5,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn forty-three they put to sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThirteen men and Ken-ne-dy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAboard the P. T. 109[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo fight the brazen en-emy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd off the Isle of Olasana[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the straits beyond the ROO[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA Jap destroyer in the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCut the One-O-Nine in two[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSmoke and fire upon the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverywhere they looked was the enemy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe heathen gods of old Japan Yea they thought[/tab]\r\n     \r\n[tab]                       [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey had the best of a mighty good man [/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd on the coast of Kolombangaro[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooking through his telescope[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAustralia's Evans saw the battle [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the crew had little hope[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTwo were dead  some were wounded [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll were clinging to the bow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFighting fire and a-fighting water [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTrying to save their lives somehow[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMcMahon the Irishman was burned [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo badly he couldn't swim[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLeave me here go on he said [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause if you don't we'll all be dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe P. T. skipper couldn't leave him [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA man to die alone at sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd with a strap 'tween his teeth[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe towed the Irishman through the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe led his men through waters dark [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRocky reefs and hungry sharks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBraved the enemies bayonets[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA thirty-eight hung around his neck[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFour more days and four more nights[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA rescue boat pulled into sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe P. T. 109 was gone[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Kennedy and his crew lived on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nNC: \r\nNow who could guess  or who could possibly know\r\nThat this same man named Kennedy would\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBe the leader of the nation [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe the one to take command[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe P. T. 109 was gone [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Kennedy lived to fight again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSmoke and fire upon the sea[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverywhere they looked was the enemy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut J. F. K. and his crew lived on[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nNC:\r\nWhich proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John","plain_text":"NC: \nNow who could guess  or who could possibly know\nThat this same man named Kennedy would\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \nNC:\nWhich proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John","chords":["C","F","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}