Waist Deep In The Big Muddy - performed by Richard Shindell Chords

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[Bb] It [C] was back in [Eb] 1942, [Bb] I was part of a good [F] platoon.
[C] We were on Newers [Eb] in Louisiana, [Bb] one night by the light [Gm] of the [Bb] moon.
[C] Captain said, you [Eb] gotta ford the river, [Bb] that's where it all [Gm] began.
_ We [C] were knee [F] deep in the big muddy [Bb] dam, fool [F] kept yelling, [C] push on.
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[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] Sergeant said, [Eb] sir are you sure, [Bb] it's the way back to the [F] base.
_ [C] Sergeant, I [Eb] once crossed this river, [Bb] not a mile above this place.
It'll [C] be a little bit soggy, but [Eb] we'll keep on slogging, [Bb] we'll soon be on [G] dry ground.
We [C] were waist deep [F] in the big muddy [Bb] dam, fool kept [F] yelling, [C] push on. _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ Captain [Eb] served with all [Bb] this gear, no man will be able to [F] swim.
[C] Sergeant [Eb] don't be nervous, nearly [Bb] the captain said to [Gm] him.
[Bb] All [C] we need is a little [Eb] determination, [Bb] we'll soon be on [Gm] dry ground.
We [C] were waist deep [F] in the big muddy [Bb] dam, fool kept [F] yelling, [C] push on.
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[C] All of a sudden the [Eb] moon [Bb] clouded over, all we heard was a gurgling [F] cry. _
[C] Seconds later the [Eb] [Bb] captain's helmet was all that floated [Gm] by.
[Bb]
[Cm] Sergeant [Eb] said, turn around man, [Bb] I'm in charge here from [F] now on.
_ [C] [Cm] Just made it [F] out of the big muddy [Bb] with the captain dead [F] and gone.
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[Bb] _ [F] [C] Well we stripped and dived [Eb] and found his body [Bb] stuck in the old [Fm] quicksand.
[C] I guess he didn't know [Eb] the water was deeper [Fm] than the [Bb] place where he'd [Gm] once been.
[C] For another stream [Eb] of joy in the muddy, [F] about a mile from where [Gm] we'd gone.
_ [C] We were lucky [F] to get out of the big muddy [Bb] when the damn fool [Fm] kept yelling, _ [C] push on. _
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] Well you might not [Eb] want to draw conclusions, [Bb] I'll leave that to [F] yourself.
_ [Cm] Maybe you're still [Eb] walking, maybe you're still [Bb] talking, maybe you've still [Gm] got your health.
[Cm] But every time [Eb] I hear the [Bb] news that old feeling [Gm] comes back on. _ _ _
_ _ We're waist [F] deep in the big [Bb] muddy and the damn fool keeps [F] yelling, [Cm] push [C] on.
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[F] _ [C] Waist [Eb] deep, neck [Bb] deep, we'll be drowning [Gm] before too long.
_ _ [C] Neck [F] deep in the big [Bb] muddy and the damn [F] fool keeps yelling, [C] push _ on.
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Push on.
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