Chords for Big Muddy

[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ [C] It was back in [Eb] 1942, [Bb] I was part of a good [F] platoon.
[C] We were on the Louvers [Eb] in Louisiana, [Bb] one night by the light [Gm] of the [Bb] moon.
[C] Captain said, you got [Eb] up for the river, [Bb] that's where it all [Gm] began.
_ We [C] were knee [F] deep in the big muddy, [Bb] and the fool [F] kept yelling, [C] push on.
_ [Cm] _ [F] _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] Sergeant said, [Eb] sir, are you sure?
[Bb] Way back to the [F] base.
[C] Sergeant, I [Eb] once crossed this river, [Bb] not a mile above [Gm] this place.
[Bb] It'll [C] be a little bit soggy, but [Eb] we'll keep on slogging.
[Bb] We'll soon be on [G] dry ground.
[Gm] We [C] were waist deep [F] in the big muddy, and [Bb] the damn fool kept [F] yelling, [C] [Cm] push on.
[C] _
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ Captain said, [Eb] with all [Bb] this gear, no man will be able to [F] swim.
[C] Sergeant, [Eb] don't be nervous.
Nearly the [Bb] captain said to [Gm] him, [Bb] all [C] we need is a little [Eb] determination.
We'll [Bb] soon be on dry [Gm] ground.
We [C] were waist deep [F] in the big muddy, [Bb] and the damn fool kept [F] yelling, [C] push on.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] All of a sudden, the [Eb] moon [Bb] clouded over.
All we heard was a gurgling [F] cry.
[C] Seconds [Eb] later, the [Bb] captain's helmet was on.
It floated [Gm] by.
[Bb]
[Cm] Sergeant [Eb] said, turn around, man, I'm [Bb] in charge here from [F] now on.
[C] Just [Cm] made it [F] out of big muddy [Bb] with the captain dead and [F] gone.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
Well, [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ [F] we stripped [Eb] and dived and found his body [Bb] stuck in the old [F] quicksand.
[C] I guess he didn't know that the [Eb] water was deeper [F] than the place [Gm] where he'd once been.
[C] For another stream of [Eb] joy in the muddy, [F] about a mile from where [Gm] we'd gone.
_ _ [C] We were lucky to get [F] out of the big muddy [Bb] when the damn fool [F] kept yelling, _ [C] push on. _
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] Well, you might not want [Eb] to draw conclusions.
[Bb] I'll leave that to [F] yourself.
[Cm] Maybe you're still walking.
Maybe you're still [Bb] talking.
Maybe you still [Gm] got your health.
[Cm] But every time [Eb] I hear the news, [Bb] that old feeling comes [Gm] back on. _ _ _
_ [C] We're waist [F] deep in the big [Bb] muddy, and the damn fool [F] keeps yelling, [Cm] push [C] on.
_ [Cm] _ _
[F] Waist [C] _ [Eb] deep, neck deep, [Bb] we'll be drowning before [Gm] too long.
_ _ [C] Neck [F] deep in the big [Bb] muddy, and the damn fools [F] keep yelling, [C] _ push on.
[F] _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ [C] Push [G] on.
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _
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[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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