Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation Chords by Tom Paxton
Tempo:
120.3 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
F#
B
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [Bm] [G] [Em]
[B] [F#m] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] I got a letter from [E] LBJ, it said this is your lucky [Bm] day, it's time to [F#] put your khaki [Bm] trousers on.
[F#m]
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we are [F#] sending [A] you to [Bm] Vietnam.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [Bm] to [B] believe.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop [Em] ship and sank in mud up to my hips, [Bm] I cussed [F#] until the captain [B] called me down.
[F#m]
[Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [A] [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
[F#] [Bm] In their nightly little dramas, [E] they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
[G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] We'd go around in helicopters [E] like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#]
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to Saigon, [Bm] their government [F#m] positions to [Bm] maintain.
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson [D#] told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really [E] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [E] paddy wondering about Big [Bm] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me so.
[F#] [Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [Bm] November when he said [F#m] I'd never [Bm] have to go.
[G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to [F#m] help save Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[N]
[B] [F#m] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] I got a letter from [E] LBJ, it said this is your lucky [Bm] day, it's time to [F#] put your khaki [Bm] trousers on.
[F#m]
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we are [F#] sending [A] you to [Bm] Vietnam.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [Bm] to [B] believe.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop [Em] ship and sank in mud up to my hips, [Bm] I cussed [F#] until the captain [B] called me down.
[F#m]
[Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [A] [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
[F#] [Bm] In their nightly little dramas, [E] they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
[G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] We'd go around in helicopters [E] like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#]
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to Saigon, [Bm] their government [F#m] positions to [Bm] maintain.
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson [D#] told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really [E] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [E] paddy wondering about Big [Bm] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me so.
[F#] [Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [Bm] November when he said [F#m] I'd never [Bm] have to go.
[G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to [F#m] help save Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[N]
Key:
Bm
F#
B
G
Em
Bm
F#
B
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
[Bm] I got a letter from [E] LBJ, it said this is your lucky [Bm] day, it's time to [F#] put your khaki [Bm] trousers on.
[F#m] _
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we are [F#] sending [A] you to [Bm] Vietnam. _ _ _
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [Bm] to [B] believe. _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop [Em] ship and sank in mud up to my hips, [Bm] I cussed [F#] until the captain [B] called me down.
[F#m] _
[Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town. _
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe. _ _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
_ [F#] _ [Bm] In their nightly little dramas, [E] they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
_ [G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] _ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
[Bm] We'd go around in helicopters [E] like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#] _
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to Saigon, [Bm] their government [F#m] positions to [Bm] maintain. _ _
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson [D#] told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe. _ _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really [E] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [E] paddy wondering about Big [Bm] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me so.
[F#] _ [Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [Bm] November when he said [F#m] I'd never [Bm] have to go.
_ [G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] _ _ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to [F#m] help save Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
[Bm] I got a letter from [E] LBJ, it said this is your lucky [Bm] day, it's time to [F#] put your khaki [Bm] trousers on.
[F#m] _
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we are [F#] sending [A] you to [Bm] Vietnam. _ _ _
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [Bm] to [B] believe. _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop [Em] ship and sank in mud up to my hips, [Bm] I cussed [F#] until the captain [B] called me down.
[F#m] _
[Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town. _
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe. _ _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
_ [F#] _ [Bm] In their nightly little dramas, [E] they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
_ [G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] _ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
[Bm] We'd go around in helicopters [E] like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#] _
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to Saigon, [Bm] their government [F#m] positions to [Bm] maintain. _ _
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson [D#] told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to believe. _ _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really [E] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [E] paddy wondering about Big [Bm] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me so.
[F#] _ [Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [Bm] November when he said [F#m] I'd never [Bm] have to go.
_ [G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [E] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [Bm] to believe.
[B] _ _ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [E] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to [F#m] help save Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _