Chords for Tom Paxton - Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues (1971)
Tempo:
119.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [D]
[G] Now when I landed in Vietnam, [D] I hardly got to see [G] Saigon
[D] a roll and off we went on a [G] long patrol
[C] Swatting flies
[G] shot here and [C] there
The captain called a halt that [D] night and we had chow by the pale moonlight [G] a lovely [C] dinner
[G] bus
Vietcong [D] to find
[G] Now when I landed in Vietnam, [D] I hardly got to see [G] Saigon
[D] a roll and off we went on a [G] long patrol
[C] Swatting flies
[G] shot here and [C] there
The captain called a halt that [D] night and we had chow by the pale moonlight [G] a lovely [C] dinner
[G] bus
Vietcong [D] to find
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ Now when I landed in Vietnam, [D] I hardly got to see [G] Saigon
They shaped us [G] up and called [D] a roll and off we went on a [G] long patrol
swapping lines
[C] _ Swatting flies
[D] _ Firing the odd [G] shot here and [C] there
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
The captain called a halt that [D] night and we had chow by the pale moonlight [G] a lovely [C] dinner
They planned for [D] us with the taste like a seat on a crosstown [G] bus
Some of the [C] veterans left theirs laying in the cans [G] with the Vietcong [D] to find
[G] deadlier than a [C] landmine
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Naturally somebody told a [D] joke and a couple of the fellas began to [G] smoke
I took a [C] whiff as the cloud rolled [D] by and my nose went up like an infield [G] fly _
The captain this a blonde fella from [D] Yale.
He looked at me and said
What's the matter [E] with you, [G] baby?
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Well, I may be [C] crazy but I think [D] now that swear to God that I smell [G] pot
But dude have pot in Vietnam.
[D] He said what do you think you've been [G] sitting on?
these funny little [C] plants
Thousands [D] of _ good God Almighty _ _
_ [G] Pastures are [C] plenty
_ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So we all lit up and by and [D] by the whole platoon was flying high
[G] With a beautiful smile on the captain's face.
[D] He smelled like midnight [G] on st.
Mark's place
_ cleaning his [C] weapons _
Chanting [D] something about a hairy Krishna [F#] hairy [G] Krishna
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
The moment [C] came as it comes to [D] all when I had to answer nature's call
[G] I was stumbling [C] around in a beautiful [D] haze when I met a little cat in black [G] PJs
_ rifle
[C] _
ammo belts
[D] _ Dunlop sandals
Looked at me and said was the matter with you, baby
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ He said [C] we're camping down [D] past and smell you people blowing [G] grass and since by the smell you're smoking [D] trash
I brought you a taste of a special [G] stash
straight from Uncle [C] Ho's victory garden
_ [D] We call it a hand on a goal
[G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ So his squad [C] my squad settled [D] down and pass some lovely stuff around
[G] All too [C] soon it was time to [D] go the captain [F#m] got on the radio said hello [G] headquarters
_ [C] We have met the [D] enemy and he has [G] been smashed
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[G] _ _ _ Now when I landed in Vietnam, [D] I hardly got to see [G] Saigon
They shaped us [G] up and called [D] a roll and off we went on a [G] long patrol
swapping lines
[C] _ Swatting flies
[D] _ Firing the odd [G] shot here and [C] there
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
The captain called a halt that [D] night and we had chow by the pale moonlight [G] a lovely [C] dinner
They planned for [D] us with the taste like a seat on a crosstown [G] bus
Some of the [C] veterans left theirs laying in the cans [G] with the Vietcong [D] to find
[G] deadlier than a [C] landmine
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Naturally somebody told a [D] joke and a couple of the fellas began to [G] smoke
I took a [C] whiff as the cloud rolled [D] by and my nose went up like an infield [G] fly _
The captain this a blonde fella from [D] Yale.
He looked at me and said
What's the matter [E] with you, [G] baby?
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
Well, I may be [C] crazy but I think [D] now that swear to God that I smell [G] pot
But dude have pot in Vietnam.
[D] He said what do you think you've been [G] sitting on?
these funny little [C] plants
Thousands [D] of _ good God Almighty _ _
_ [G] Pastures are [C] plenty
_ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So we all lit up and by and [D] by the whole platoon was flying high
[G] With a beautiful smile on the captain's face.
[D] He smelled like midnight [G] on st.
Mark's place
_ cleaning his [C] weapons _
Chanting [D] something about a hairy Krishna [F#] hairy [G] Krishna
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
The moment [C] came as it comes to [D] all when I had to answer nature's call
[G] I was stumbling [C] around in a beautiful [D] haze when I met a little cat in black [G] PJs
_ rifle
[C] _
ammo belts
[D] _ Dunlop sandals
Looked at me and said was the matter with you, baby
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ He said [C] we're camping down [D] past and smell you people blowing [G] grass and since by the smell you're smoking [D] trash
I brought you a taste of a special [G] stash
straight from Uncle [C] Ho's victory garden
_ [D] We call it a hand on a goal
[G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ So his squad [C] my squad settled [D] down and pass some lovely stuff around
[G] All too [C] soon it was time to [D] go the captain [F#m] got on the radio said hello [G] headquarters
_ [C] We have met the [D] enemy and he has [G] been smashed
_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _