Tonalidad: G major•
Verse 1
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C
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A
Am
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D
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The song
D
G
C
D
was written for the tuned guitar,
G
but I'll sing it anyhow.
C
Now when I landed in Vietnam,
D
I hardly got to see Saigon.
G
They shaped us up and
C
D
called the roll
G
And off we went on a long patrol
C
Swappin' lives, swattin' flies
D
Firein' the odd shot here
G
C
D
G
and there
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The captain called a halt that night
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A
D
And we had chow by the pale moonlight
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C
A lovely dinner they planned for us
D
With a taste like a seat on a crosstown bus
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Some of the veterans left theirs
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layin' in the cans
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for the Viet Cong to find,
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C
D
G
deadlier than a landmine.
C
Naturally somebody told a joke
D
and a couple of the veterans began to smoke.
G
C
I took a whiff as the cloud rolled by
D
and my nose went up like an
G
infield fly.
The captain,
C
this blond fellow from Yale,
D
he looked at me and said,
What's the matter with you, baby?
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C
D
G
Well, I may be crazy,
C
but I think not,
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D
I swear to God that I smell pot,
G
but who'd have pot in Vietnam?
C
D
said, what do you think
you've been sitting on?
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C
These funny little plants,
D
thousands of them.
Good God Almighty!
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C
D
G
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D
Pastures of plenty!
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C
So we all lit up, and by and by,
D
the whole platoon was flying high.
G
C
With a beautiful smile on the captain's face,
D
he smelled like midnight on
St. Mark's Place.
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cleaning his weapon,
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D
chanting something about Hare Krishna,
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C
D
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D
Hare Krishna.
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C
The moment came as it comes to all
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when I had to answer nature's call.
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I was stumbling around in
C
the beautiful haze
D
G
when I met a little cat in black PJs, rifle,
C
D
ammo belt, Dunlop sandals.
Looked up at me and said, What's the matter with you,
G
C
D
baby?
G
He said, we're campin'
D
And smell you people blowin' grass
G
And since by the smell you're smokin' trash
D
I brought you a taste of a special stash
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C
Straight from Uncle Ho's Victory Garden
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G
C
D
We call it Hanoi Gold
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C
So his squad, my squad, settled down
D
Passed some lovely stuff around
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E
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All too soon it was time to go
the captain got on the radio
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C
said hello headquarters
Hello headquarters
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We have met the enemy
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D
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and he has been smashed
Thank you. Thank you.
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