{"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":528044,"song":"Waist Deep In The Big Muddy","artist":"Pete Seeger","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11567132-waist-deep-in-the-big-muddy-chords-by-pete-seeger/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/528044?type=chord","rating":4.46195,"votes":27,"content":"[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt was back in nineteen-forty-two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI was a member of a good platoon.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe were on maneuvers in Louisiana,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOne night by the light of the moon.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe captain told us to ford a river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat's how it all begun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe were knee-deep in the big muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the big fool said to push on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe sergeant said, \"sir, are you sure,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthis is the best way back to the base?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Sergeant, go on, I forded this river[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n'bout a mile above this place.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nwe'll soon be on dry ground.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwe were waist-deep in the big muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand the big fool said to push on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe sergeant said, \"Sir, with all this equipment[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nno man will be able to swim.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Sergeant, don't be a nervous nellie.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe captain said to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"All we need is a little determination;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nmen, follow me, I'll lead on.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe were -- neck-deep in the big muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand the big fool said to push on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll at once, the moon clouded over,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwe heard a gurgling cry.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA few seconds later, the captain's helmet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nwas all that floated by.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe sergeant said, \"turn around men![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'm in charge from now on.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand we just made it out of the big muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwith the captain dead and gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe stripped and dived and found his body[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nstuck int he old quicksand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI guess he didn't know that the water was deeper[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nthan the place, he'd once before been.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nanother stream had joined the big muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n'bout a half-mile from where we'd gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe were lucky to escape from the big muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwhen the big fool said to push on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm not going to point any moral;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'll leave that for yourself.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMaybe you're still walking, you're still talking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nyou'd like to keep your health.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut every time I read the papers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nthat old feeling comes on;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]*         [ch]Dm[/ch]*                [ch]Dm[/ch]*      (*Single-Strums)\r\nWe're -- waist-deep. Neck-deep. Soon a tall man will be over his head.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe're waste-deep in the big muddy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the big fool says to push on.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["Dm","A7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}