Chords for Stan Ridgway - Camouflage 8.7.15 in Lewiston, New York

You think you're backstage or something?
Get out and mingle!
[Ebm] Come on!
[Am] Network!
_ [Eb] Come on!
[B] There's [N] people out here from I don't know what!
You guys are there just wasting your lives [G] away eating peanuts backstage.
[Em] This is pathetic. _ _ _
I'm serious, [Dbm] if I don't see you out there mingling, I'm coming back here and
[N] doing something. _
You guys gotta mingle!
Mingle out here! _ _
When _ _ _ _ you see these guys [E] out there, they've been great help to us [Eb] backstage.
These kids with the spirit of the [Dm] 80s things on there.
[Abm] _ Anybody who has [N] like you know some, they're looking for contacts, they're looking for work.
Alright?
_ Yes,
we call them the [C] minions.
They are the minions.
[G] So if you have any tips [Dm] for them [Bm] about
modern living you want to give it to them.
[Bb] Alright?
They're good kids?
[G] Yeah, just tips I guess.
[B] Not really anything solid.
[A] _ _ [B] What a world.
Okay.
[G] Thanks [N] kids for going out there.
Mingle around.
Just remember whatever you find I want to wet [Cm] my beak.
When you [Bbm] find it.
Alright?
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Beer [N] to the stage.
Beer to the stage?
_ That would be good.
[G] _
[Ebm] What happened to [G] my guitar?
Vodka martini?
Oh, [E] God.
_ Okay you guys, we're going to [B] do this ghost story.
It's simply a [G] ghost story.
_ _ [N] These minions are going back into that little [B] house over there.
[E] Oh, now [D] they're going.
They're hiding [Cm] from you.
[Db] Don't look at them.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ We're going to do this one.
It's always been a [E] ghost story to me.
This one's called [Eb] Camouflage.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] I was in [F] BFC.
I searched the total.
[G] Hunting Charlie [Bb] down.
[D] It was in the jungle [C] wars of [Dm] 65.
_ _ [D] My weapon [F] jammed and I got stuck [G] way out in the [Bb] mall alone.
[D] I reckon he knew that [C] and he closed in [D] close on sight.
_ [F] Just then [C] I heard a quick snap [G] and I grabbed my [Dm] empty gun.
[F] And I dug and stared [Am] while I counted down to three.
I found [D] my fleet.
_ [F] And then a big [C] macrame giant with [Gm] a pair [Dm] of friendly [F] eyes.
They're at [Am] my shoulder and [Dm] said wait.
_ When he came in close [F] beside [G] me he said don't worry son [Bb] I'm here.
[Dm] And if Charlie wants to [C] tangle now he'll have [Dm] two to die.
_ [D] I said [F] well thanks a lot.
I gave [G] him my name and [Bb] asked him his.
[Dm] And he said the boys [C] just call me [Dm] _ Camouflage.
[D] _ _
[F] Oh oh [G] oh oh _ [Gm] Camouflage.
[Dm]
Things aren't [G] quite the way [Dm] they seem. _ _ _
Oh oh [G] oh oh [Gm] Camouflage.
[Dm] I was awfully glad [G] to see this [Dm] big group.
_ _ [D] When we fought all [F] night side by [G] side.
We took our [Bb] battle stance.
[D] And I wondered [G] how the bullets [D] missed this [Dm] man.
_ They seemed to go right through him [G] just as if he [Bb] wasn't there.
[Dm] And in the morning we [G] both took a chance [D] and ran.
_ [F] And it was near the [C] riverbank [Gm] when the ambush [Dm] came on top of us.
[F] And I thought it [Am] was the end and we [Dm] were had.
_ [F] And a bullet [C] with my name on [Gm] it came buzzing through [Dm] a bush.
[F] And that big marine was a big man.
And he [Am] just swatted it [G] with his hand.
_ _ [Bb]
Just like it was a fly.
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[F] Oh oh [G] oh oh _ [Bb] Camouflage.
[D]
Things aren't [C] quite [G] the [D] way they seem. _ _ _
[F] Oh oh [G] oh oh [Gm] _ [Dm] Camouflage.
This [C] was an awfully [Dm] strange dream.
_ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [F]
I [C] was so scared.
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] And I knew there was something [C] weird about it.
[E] Because when I turned around he was [D] pulling a big palm [F] tree right up out of the [Am] ground.
And _ [G] swatting those tarleys with it [Bb] from here to Kingdom Palm.
[A] _ _ _ [D] When he let me [F] out of [G] danger I saw my camp and [Bb] went good bye.
[D] He just whipped at [G] me from the jungle and [Dm] then was gone.
_ When I got back [F] to my HQ [G] I told them [Bb] about my nightmare.
[Dm] And the battle I'd [C] spent with a [G] big [D] marine named Camouflage.
[F] When I sent his [C] famous soldier, Gulf, in a [Gm] medic,
[Dm] took my arm [F] and led me [Am] to a beach.
[D] I'm right.
_ [F] He said you've been [C] followed through boy [Gm] because here is [Dm] Camouflage.
[F] And he's been right here since he [C] passed away [G] last night.
_ _ [Bb]
In fact he's been here [A] all week long.
_ [D] But before he [F] went he said _ [G] he's only [Bb] wish
[D] was to save a [G] young marine caught [D] in a barrage.
_ So here take his [F] dog tag son.
[G] I know he'd want you [Bb] to have it now.
[Dm] And we all said the [G] prayer for our big [D] marine named Camouflage. _ _
[F] Oh [G] oh oh [Gm] _ [D] Camouflage.
Things are [C] never [G] quite the [D] way they seem. _ _ _
[F] Oh oh [G] oh _ [Bb] _ [Dm] Camouflage.
This [G] was an arctic [D] big parade. _ _ _
[Dm] Oh [G] oh oh [Bb] Camouflage.
[D] No things are [G] never quite the [D] way they seem. _ _ _
[F] Oh [G] oh oh [Bb] _ [Dm] Camouflage.
This [C] was an arctic [D] big parade.
[C] [G] Oh [D] hey there. [G] _ _ _
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