Big Time In The Jungle

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[Verse 1]
D C G
Down in Eutaw, Alabama in Nineteen Sixty-Five
D
A young man ‘bout 21,
C G
no different than you or I
Am
He’s catchin’ catfish,
D
and gettin’ drunk
Am
But Uncle Sam called,
D
he called him up,
G
Sent him out to Vietnam,
Am
That young man,
D
Got his life turned upside down,
D
Turned his smile into a frown,
D
Robbed that king of his crown,
G
For an ideal he didn’t even know about,
[Verse 2]
D C G
He was gamblin’ at the wagon,when that army man showed up,
D
And he flashed that pen and paper,
C G
And ole Fukie he signed up,
Am
There’s gonna be a big time,
D
In the jungle,
Am
Gonna be a firefight,
D
Gonna be a rumble,
G
Send me out to Vietnam,
Am
I’ll fight ten men,
D
I got nothin’ left in the States for me,
D
I wanna see the world you see,
D
I know that Uncle Sam needs me,
G
To fight for an ideal I know nothing about.
[Instrumental]
D C G D C G Am D Am D G
[Verse 3]
D C G
Oh the drop point was dusty and the drill sergeant was loud,
D
And he could not see the corpses,
C G
for the ragin’ dust cloud
Am
Grab your duffle bags,
D
head to the checkpoint
Am
Welcome to Vietnam boys,
D
you’re in for a hell of a fight,
G
Take it from the ones who know.
Am
The army moves slow,
D
Hurry up and wait,
D
don’t sleep late,
D
And learn to hate your brother,
G
Before you hate your foe,
[Verse 4]
D
On patrol out in the rice fields,
C G
Them choppers flew low,
D
Glancing up for the hand signal,
C G
To tell you where to go,
Am
Then the bombs started fallin’
D
And they pounded his brain,
Am
And he thought about Eutaw,
D
And who was to blame,
G
For sendin’ him to Vietnam,
[Outro]
Am D Am D G

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Free chords for Big Time In The Jungle by Old Crow Medicine Show. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Instrumental]
D C G D C G Am D Am D G
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Outro]
Am  D  Am  D  G

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