Chords for Stan Ridgway ‎- Camouflage (1986)

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ I [Dm] was a PFC on a search patrol [G] hunting Charlie [Bb] down.
[Dm] It was in the jungle [C] wars of 65.
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My weapon jammed and [F] I got stuck way [G] out in all [Bb] alone.
And I could [Dm] hear the [C] enemy moving in close [Dm] outside. _
Just [F] then I heard a [C] twig snap and I [Gm] grabbed my empty [Dm] gun.
[F] And I dug and [Am] stared while I counted [Dm] down my fate. _
And [F] then a big [C] marine, a giant [G] with a pair of [Dm] friendly eyes,
[F] appeared there at my [Am] shoulder and said, [Dm] wait. _
When he came in [F] close beside me, [G] said, don't worry, son, [Bb] I'm here.
[Dm] If Charlie wants to [C] tangle now, he'll have [Dm] to dodge. _
I said, well, [F] thanks a lot.
I [G] told him my name and [Bb] asked him his.
[Dm] And he said, the boys [C] just call me [Dm] Camel Club. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Oh, [Bb] Camel Club, [Dm] things are [C] never quite the way [Dm] they seem. _
_ Oh, _ [G] _ [Bb] Camel Club, [Dm] I was awfully [C] glad to see this [Dm] big marine. _ _
Well, I was going [F] to ask [C] him where he came from [Gm] when
we heard the [Dm] bullets fly, [F] coming through the brush [Am] all [C] around our [Dm] ear. _
It was then [F] I saw [C] this big marine [Gm] light a fire in [F] his eye.
And it was strange, but [Am] suddenly I forgot [G] my fears. _ _
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Well, we fought all night, side [F] by side.
[G] We took our [Dm] battle stance.
And I wondered how [C] the bullets missed [Dm] this man. _
Because they seemed to go [F] right through him, [G] just as if he [Bb] wasn't there.
[Dm] And the morning we both [C] took a chance [Dm] and ran.
_ And [F] it was near the river [C] bank when [Gm] the ambush came [Dm] on top of us.
And [F] I thought it was [Am] the end we [Dm] were had. _
[F] Then a bullet with [C] my name on it [Gm] came buzzing through a [F] bush.
And that big [Am] marine, he just swat it with [G] his hand, _ _
[Bb] just like it was a fly.
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[Dm] _ Oh, _ [G] _ [Bb] Camel Club, [Dm] things are never [C] quite the way [Dm] they seem. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] [Bb] Whoa, Camel Club, _
[Dm] this was [C] an awfully [Dm] strange thing. _ _ _
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[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ And [F] I knew there was [C] something weird about him.
[Gm] Because when I turned [Dm] around, he was pulling a big [F] palm tree right up out
of the [Am] ground and [G] swatting those charlies with it [Bb] from here to King Kong.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] When he led me out of danger, I saw [G] my camp and waved [Bb] goodbye.
He [F] just wiggled me from [C] the jungle and then [Dm] was gone.
_ When I got back to [F] my HQ, [G] I told him about [Bb] my night
[F] and the battle I'd spent with [C] a big marine [Dm] named Camel Club.
When [F] I said his [Am] name, a soldier gulped [Dm] in a medic from [F] my arm
and led me to [Am] a green tent on [Dm] the right.
_ He [F] said, you may be telling [Am] true, boy, but [Bb] this here is Camel [Dm] Club.
And [F] he's been right here [Am] since he passed away [G] last night. _ _
[Bb] In fact, he'd been here all week long.
[A] _ _ But [Dm] before he went, he [F] said, semper fi, [G] and said his only [Bb] wish was
to save a [C] young marine caught in a [Dm] barrage.
So here, take this dog [F] tag, son.
I know [G] he wants you to have it [Gm] now.
And [Dm] we both said a prayer for [C] a big marine [Dm] named Camel Club. _ _
Oh, _ _ _ Camel Club, things are never [C] quite the way [Dm] they seem. _ _
_ Oh, _ [G] _ [Dm] Camel Club, _ this was [C] an awfully good [Dm] marine.
_ So [F] next time [Cm] you're in a jungle fight and you feel a presence [D] near
[F] or hear a voice that in your [Dm] mind will lie, _
just [Fm] be thankful that you're not alone.
[Cm] You've got [Dm] some company from a big marine and boys called [Gm] Camel Club.
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_ Oh, _ [G] _ [Bb] Camel Club, [Dm] things are [C] never quite the way [Dm] they seem. _ _
_ Oh, [F] _ [G] _ [Bb] Camel Club, _
[Dm] this [C] was an awfully good [Dm] marine. _ _ _
_ Oh, _ [G] _ [Bb] Camel Club, [Dm] things are [C] never quite the way [Dm] they seem. _ _
_ Oh, _ [G] _ [Bb] Camel Club, _
[Dm] this [C] was an awfully good [Dm] marine.
Oh, [C] Camel [Dm] Club, things are never quite the [C] way they _
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[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Oh, [C] Camel Club, [Dm] things are never quite the way they seem.
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