Chords for Stan Ridgway - Camouflage TOTP (HQ)

[G] Shadows!
[Bb] That dancing they used to do [Dm] was scary enough, wasn't it?
[C] Next on Top of the Pops 2, [G] it's Stan Ridgway and [Bb] Camouflage. _ _
_ [A] _ I [Dm] was up TSC on [F] a search patrol, [G] hunting [Bb] Charlie down.
It [Dm] was in the jungle [C] wars of 65.
[Dm] _ _ My weapon jammed and [F] I got stuck [Bm] way out in all [Bb] alone.
And I [F] could hear the enemy [C] moving in close [Dm] outside.
_ [F] Just then I heard a [C] twig snap and I [Gm] grabbed my empty [Dm] gun.
And I [F] dug in [Am] scared while I counted down [Dm] my fate.
_ _ And then a [C] big marine, [G] a giant with a pair of [Dm] friendly eyes,
[Am] appeared there at my shoulder and said,
[Dm] Wait.
_ When he came in close [F] beside me, he said,
[G] Don't worry, son, [Bb] I'm here.
[Dm] If Charlie wants to tangle [C] now, he'll have to [Dm] to dodge.
_ I said, Well, thanks a lot.
I [G] told him my name and asked him [Dm] his.
And he said, The boys [C] just call [Dm] me Camouflage.
_ _ Whoa, _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] Camouflage.
[Dm] Things are never [C] quite the way [Dm] they seem.
_ _ _ [F] Whoa, _ [G] _ _ [Bb] Camouflage.
[Dm] I was awfully glad [C] to see this neck [Dm] marine.
_ _ Well, we fought all night [F] and side by side [G] we took our battle [Gm] stance.
And [Dm] I wondered how [C] the bullets missed [Dm] this man.
_ Because they seemed to go [F] right through him.
[G] Just as if he [Dm] wasn't there.
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 [F] of us.
And I thought it was [Am] the end that we [Dm] were had.
_ [F] Then a bullet with [C] my name [G] on it came buzzing through [Dm] a bush.
And [F] that big marine, he [Am] just swat it [G] with his hand.
_ _ [Bb] Just like a worth of fly.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Whoa, _ [G] _ _ _ [F] Camouflage.
Things are [G] never quite the way [Dm] they seem.
_ _ _ Whoa, _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] Camouflage.
This [C] was an awfully [D] strange marine.
_ [Dm] And I knew [C] there was something weird [G] about him.
Because when I [D] turned around he was pulling a big [F] palm tree right up out of [Am] the ground.
And [G] swatting those charlies with it.
[Bb] From the ear of the kingdom come.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] When he lived me out of the danger I saw my camp and [Dm] waved goodbye.
He just [Am] winked at me [C] from the [Dm] jungle and then was gone.
_ And when I got back to my HQ I told him about my night.
And the [F] battle I'd [G] spent with a big marine [D] named [Dm] Camouflage.
When I [Am] said his name the soldier [Dm] gulped and a medic took my arm.
[F] And led me [Am] to a green tent [Dm] on the right.
_ [F] He said you may be [C] telling true boy [Gm] but this here is [Dm] Camouflage.
[F] And he's been right [Am] here since he passed away [G] last night.
_ _ [Bb] In fact he's been here all week [A] long.
_ _ [D] But before he went [F] he said Semper [G] Fi and said his [Eb] only [Dm] wish.
Was to [C] save a young marine caught [Dm] in a barrage.
_ [D] So here take this [F] dog tag son.
[G] I know he wants you to have it [Dm] now.
And we both said a [Cm] prayer for a big [D] marine named Camouflage.
_ _ [F] Woah, _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ Camouflage.
[Dm] Things are [Em] never quite the [D] way they seem.
_ _ [F] Woah.
_ [G] Stan [Gm] Ridgway that big voice coming out of [D] that little [C] curly headed