capo 3rd fret
intro :
| | : G | G : | |
G
one mornin’ at breakfast i said to my wife ,
C
“we’ve been ev’rywhere once and some places twice . ”
A7
as i had another helping of country ham , she said ,
D
“we ain’t never been to vietnam ,
G
and there’s a bunch of our boys over there . ”
C D7
so we went to the orient , saigon .
G
well , we got a big welcome when we drove in
C
to the gates of a place that they call long ben .
A7
we checked in and ev’rything got kind of quiet .
D
but a soldier boy said , “just wait till tonight .
G C
things get noisy , things start happenin’ .
D7
big , bad firecrackers . ”
G
well , that night we did about four shows for the boys
C
and they were livin’ it up with a whole lot of noise .
A7
we did our last song for the night
D
and we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet .
G C
but things weren’t peaceful and things weren’t quiet .
D7
things were scary .
G
well , for a few minutes , june never said one word ,
C
and i thought at first that she hadn’t heard .
A7
then a shell exploded not two miles away .
D
she sat up in bed and i heard her say ,
G C
“what was that?” i said , “that was a shell or a bomb . ”
D7
she said , “i’m scared . ” i said , “me too” .
G
well , all night long that noise kept on ,
C
and the sound would chill you right to the bone .
A7
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 .
G
well , when the sun came up , the noise died down .
C
we got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin’ sound .
A7
then a soldier knocked on our door and said ,
D G
last night they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded .
C
D7
and would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys . yeah .
G
so , we went to the hospital ward by day
C
and ev’ry night we were singin’ away .
A7
then the shells and the bombs till dawn again ,
D
and the helicopters brought in the wounded men .
G C D7
night after night , day after day , comin’ and goin’ .
G
so , we sadly sang for them our last song
C
and reluctantly we said , “so long . ”
A7
we did our best to let ’em know that we care
D
for ev’ry last one of ’em that’s over there .
G
wether we belong over there or not ,
C D7
somebody over here loves ’em and needs ’em .
G
well , now , that’s about all that there is to tell
C
about that little trip into livin’ hell .
A7
and if i ever go back over there anymore ,
D
i hope there’s none of our boys there for me to sing for .
G
i hope that war is over with
C D7 G
and they all come back home to stay in peace .
for more johnny cash chords , see www . unofficial – johnnycash . com!
capo 3rd fret
intro :
| | : G | G : | |
G
one mornin’ at breakfast i said to my wife ,
C
“we’ve been ev’rywhere once and some places twice . ”
A7
as i had another helping of country ham , she said ,
D
“we ain’t never been to vietnam ,
G
and there’s a bunch of our boys over there . ”
C D7
so we went to the orient , saigon .
G
well , we got a big welcome when we drove in
C
to the gates of a place that they call long ben .
A7
we checked in and ev’rything got kind of quiet .
D
but a soldier boy said , “just wait till tonight .
G C
things get noisy , things start happenin’ .
D7
big , bad firecrackers . ”
G
well , that night we did about four shows for the boys
C
and they were livin’ it up with a whole lot of noise .
A7
we did our last song for the night
D
and we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet .
G C
but things weren’t peaceful and things weren’t quiet .
D7
things were scary .
G
well , for a few minutes , june never said one word ,
C
and i thought at first that she hadn’t heard .
A7
then a shell exploded not two miles away .
D
she sat up in bed and i heard her say ,
G C
“what was that?” i said , “that was a shell or a bomb . ”
D7
she said , “i’m scared . ” i said , “me too” .
G
well , all night long that noise kept on ,
C
and the sound would chill you right to the bone .
A7
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 .
G
well , when the sun came up , the noise died down .
C
we got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin’ sound .
A7
then a soldier knocked on our door and said ,
D G
last night they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded .
C
D7
and would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys . yeah .
G
so , we went to the hospital ward by day
C
and ev’ry night we were singin’ away .
A7
then the shells and the bombs till dawn again ,
D
and the helicopters brought in the wounded men .
G C D7
night after night , day after day , comin’ and goin’ .
G
so , we sadly sang for them our last song
C
and reluctantly we said , “so long . ”
A7
we did our best to let ’em know that we care
D
for ev’ry last one of ’em that’s over there .
G
wether we belong over there or not ,
C D7
somebody over here loves ’em and needs ’em .
G
well , now , that’s about all that there is to tell
C
about that little trip into livin’ hell .
A7
and if i ever go back over there anymore ,
D
i hope there’s none of our boys there for me to sing for .
G
i hope that war is over with
C D7 G
and they all come back home to stay in peace .
for more johnny cash chords , see www . unofficial – johnnycash . com!
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