Chords for Country Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
Tempo:
109.45 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
C
Fm
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, [Fm] come on all of you big strong [Bb] men Uncle Sam needs your help again
[Fm] Got himself in a terrible jam [Bb] Way down yonder in Vietnam
[G] Put down your books and pick up a gun [C] We're gonna have a whole [Bb] lot of fun
And [C] it's one, two, three, what are [Bb] we fighting for?
Don't ask [F] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
[C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on Wall Street, don't be slow [Bb] My man, this is war, go, go
[Fm] There's plenty of good money to be made [Bb] Supplying the army with the tools of the trade
[G] Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb [Fm] We're dropping on to [Bb] Vietcong
And [C] it's one, two, three, what [Bb] are we fighting for?
Don't ask [Fm] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
[C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to [C] wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on generals, let's move [Bb] fast Your big chance is here at [Fm] last
Now you can go out and get those [Bb] reds Cause the only good commie is one that's [G] dead
And no peace can only be [C] won When the glory of the [Bb] kingdom comes
Sing [C] it!
One, two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn
[Bb] Vietnam [Fm] and it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
[G] Well, there ain't no time to wonder why [C] We're all gonna [Bb] die
This is people, I don't know how you expect to ever stop the war if you can't sing any better than that
There's about 300,000 of you fuckers out there I want you to start singing, come on
[Ab] And it's one, [D] two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
[Fm] The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam [C] and it's five, [Fm] six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
[G] [F]
[C] Mother, this is not the [Bb] land Pack your boys on, Vietnam
[C] Come on fathers, come get us there [Bb] We'll send your sons off before it's too late
[G] We'll be the first one on your block [C] And we'll be the fourth one on the [Bb] dock
[C] One, two, three, what are [Bbm] we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn The next stop [Bb] is Vietnam
And [C] it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time [Fm]
[Bb] [N] to wonder why We're all gonna die
[Fm] Got himself in a terrible jam [Bb] Way down yonder in Vietnam
[G] Put down your books and pick up a gun [C] We're gonna have a whole [Bb] lot of fun
And [C] it's one, two, three, what are [Bb] we fighting for?
Don't ask [F] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
[C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on Wall Street, don't be slow [Bb] My man, this is war, go, go
[Fm] There's plenty of good money to be made [Bb] Supplying the army with the tools of the trade
[G] Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb [Fm] We're dropping on to [Bb] Vietcong
And [C] it's one, two, three, what [Bb] are we fighting for?
Don't ask [Fm] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
[C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to [C] wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on generals, let's move [Bb] fast Your big chance is here at [Fm] last
Now you can go out and get those [Bb] reds Cause the only good commie is one that's [G] dead
And no peace can only be [C] won When the glory of the [Bb] kingdom comes
Sing [C] it!
One, two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn
[Bb] Vietnam [Fm] and it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
[G] Well, there ain't no time to wonder why [C] We're all gonna [Bb] die
This is people, I don't know how you expect to ever stop the war if you can't sing any better than that
There's about 300,000 of you fuckers out there I want you to start singing, come on
[Ab] And it's one, [D] two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
[Fm] The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam [C] and it's five, [Fm] six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
[G] [F]
[C] Mother, this is not the [Bb] land Pack your boys on, Vietnam
[C] Come on fathers, come get us there [Bb] We'll send your sons off before it's too late
[G] We'll be the first one on your block [C] And we'll be the fourth one on the [Bb] dock
[C] One, two, three, what are [Bbm] we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn The next stop [Bb] is Vietnam
And [C] it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time [Fm]
[Bb] [N] to wonder why We're all gonna die
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, [Fm] come on all of you big strong [Bb] men Uncle Sam needs your help again
[Fm] Got himself in a terrible jam [Bb] Way down yonder in Vietnam
[G] Put down your books and pick up a gun [C] We're gonna have a whole [Bb] lot of fun
And [C] it's one, two, three, what are [Bb] we fighting for?
Don't ask [F] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
_ [C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on Wall Street, don't be slow [Bb] My man, this is war, go, go
[Fm] There's plenty of good money to be made [Bb] Supplying the army with the tools of the trade
[G] Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb [Fm] We're dropping on to [Bb] Vietcong
And [C] it's one, two, three, what [Bb] are we fighting for?
Don't ask [Fm] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
_ [C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to [C] wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on generals, let's move [Bb] fast Your big chance is here at [Fm] last
Now you can go out and get those [Bb] reds Cause the only good commie is one that's [G] dead
And no peace can only be [C] won When the glory of the [Bb] kingdom comes
Sing [C] it!
One, two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn
_ [Bb] _ _ Vietnam [Fm] and it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
[G] Well, there ain't no time to wonder why [C] We're all gonna [Bb] die
This is people, I don't know how you expect to ever stop the war if you can't sing any better than that
There's about 300,000 of you fuckers out there I want you to start singing, come on
[Ab] And it's one, [D] two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
[Fm] The _ next [Bb] stop is Vietnam [C] and it's five, [Fm] six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] Mother, this is not the [Bb] land Pack your boys on, Vietnam
[C] Come on fathers, come get us there [Bb] We'll send your sons off before it's too late
[G] We'll be the first one on your block [C] And we'll be the fourth one on the [Bb] dock
[C] One, two, three, what are [Bbm] we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn The next stop [Bb] is Vietnam
And [C] it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time _ [Fm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ to wonder _ why We're all gonna die _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] Got himself in a terrible jam [Bb] Way down yonder in Vietnam
[G] Put down your books and pick up a gun [C] We're gonna have a whole [Bb] lot of fun
And [C] it's one, two, three, what are [Bb] we fighting for?
Don't ask [F] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
_ [C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on Wall Street, don't be slow [Bb] My man, this is war, go, go
[Fm] There's plenty of good money to be made [Bb] Supplying the army with the tools of the trade
[G] Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb [Fm] We're dropping on to [Bb] Vietcong
And [C] it's one, two, three, what [Bb] are we fighting for?
Don't ask [Fm] me, I don't give a damn The next [Bb] stop is Vietnam
_ [C] And it's five, six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time to [C] wonder why We're all [Bb] gonna die
[Fm] Now come on generals, let's move [Bb] fast Your big chance is here at [Fm] last
Now you can go out and get those [Bb] reds Cause the only good commie is one that's [G] dead
And no peace can only be [C] won When the glory of the [Bb] kingdom comes
Sing [C] it!
One, two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn
_ [Bb] _ _ Vietnam [Fm] and it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
[G] Well, there ain't no time to wonder why [C] We're all gonna [Bb] die
This is people, I don't know how you expect to ever stop the war if you can't sing any better than that
There's about 300,000 of you fuckers out there I want you to start singing, come on
[Ab] And it's one, [D] two, three, [Bb] what are we fighting for?
[Fm] The _ next [Bb] stop is Vietnam [C] and it's five, [Fm] six, seven, [Bb] open up the pearly gates
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] Mother, this is not the [Bb] land Pack your boys on, Vietnam
[C] Come on fathers, come get us there [Bb] We'll send your sons off before it's too late
[G] We'll be the first one on your block [C] And we'll be the fourth one on the [Bb] dock
[C] One, two, three, what are [Bbm] we fighting for?
Don't ask me, [Fm] I don't give a damn The next stop [Bb] is Vietnam
And [C] it's five, six, seven, open [Bb] up the pearly gates
Well, [G] there ain't no time _ [Fm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [N] _ _ _ to wonder _ why We're all gonna die _ _
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