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Capo 3rd fret
Intro:
||:        G|         G:||
One mornGin' 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  
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 soldiDer boy said, "Just wait till tonight.
Things get noisy, Gthings start happenin'.C  
Big, bad firecrD7ackers."
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 crawleDd into bed for some peace and quiet.
But things weren't Gpeaceful and things weren't      quiet.C  
Things were      scaD7ry.
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".
Well, all Gnight long that noise kept on,
And the sound Cwould chill you right to the bone.
The bullA7ets 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  
Well, when the sun came uGp, the noise died down.
We got a few miCnutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound.
Then a soldieA7r knocked on our door and said,
Last nighDt they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded.G  
                                    C
And would we come down D7to the base hospital and see the boys.        Yeah.
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 helicoDpters brought in the wounded men.
GNight after night, day after day, comin' aCnd goin'.D7  
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'rDy last one of  'em that's over there.
Wether we belGong over there or not,
Somebody over here loves 'Cem and needs 'em.D7  
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 bacCk home to stay           in peace.D7  G  

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Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues

by Johnny Cash

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Capo 3rd fret

Intro:

G G

||: | :||

One mornin' at breakfast I said to my wife,

"We've been ev'rywhere once and some places twice."

As I had another helping of country ham, she said,

"We ain't never been to Vietnam,

And there's a bunch of our boys over there."

C D7

So we went to the Orient, Saigon.

Well, we got a big welcome when we drove in

To the gates of a place that they call Long Ben.

We checked in and ev'rything got kind of quiet.

But a soldier boy said, "Just wait till tonight.

G C

Things get noisy, things start happenin'.

Big, bad firecrackers."

Well, that night we did about four shows for the boys

And they were livin' it up with a whole lot of noise.

We did our last song for the night

And we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet.

G C

But things weren't peaceful and things weren't quiet.

Things were scary.

Well, for a few minutes, June never said one word,

And I thought at first that she hadn't heard.

Then a shell exploded not two miles away.

She sat up in bed and I heard her say,

G C

"What was that?" I said, "That was a shell or a bomb."

She said, "I'm scared." I said, "Me too".

Well, all night long that noise kept on,

And the sound would chill you right to the bone.

The bullets and the bombs and the mortar shells

D G

Shook our bed ev'ry time one fell and it never let up.

C D7

It was gonna get worse before it got any better.

Well, when the sun came up, the noise died down.

We got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound.

Then a soldier knocked on our door and said,

D G

Last night they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded.

And would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys. Yeah.

So, we went to the hospital ward by day

And ev'ry night we were singin' away.

Then the shells and the bombs till dawn again,

And the helicopters brought in the wounded men.

G C D7

Night after night, day after day, comin' and goin'.

So, we sadly sang for them our last song

And reluctantly we said, "So long."

We did our best to let 'em know that we care

For ev'ry last one of 'em that's over there.

Wether we belong over there or not,

C D7

Somebody over here loves 'em and needs 'em.

Well, now, that's about all that there is to tell

About that little trip into livin' hell.

And if I ever go back over there anymore,

I hope there's none of our boys there for me to sing for.

I hope that war is over with

C D7 G

And they all come back home to stay in peace.

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