Johnny Cash - Singing in vietnam talking blues

One morn^Gin' at breakfast I said to my wife, "We've ^Cbeen ev'rywhere once and some places twice." ^A7As I had another helping of country ham, she said, ^D "We ain't never been to Vietnam, And there's a bunch of^G our boys over there." So ^C we went to the Orient, Saigon. ^D7

Well, we got a ^Gbig welcome when we drove in To the gates^C of a place that they call Long Ben. We chec^A7ked in and ev'rything got kind of quiet. But a soldi^Der boy said, "Just wait till tonight. Things get noisy,^G things start happenin'. ^C Big, bad firecr^D7ackers."

Well, that night ^Gwe did about four shows for the boys And they were livin' it ^Cup with a whole lot of noise. We did ^A7our last song for the night And we crawle^Dd into bed for some peace and quiet. But things weren't^G peaceful and things weren't quiet. ^C Things were sca^D7ry.

Well, for a few mi^Gnutes, June never said one word, And I ^Cthought at first that she hadn't heard. Then a shell^A7 exploded not two miles away. She sat ^Dup in bed and I heard her say, "What was that^G?" I said, "That was a shell or a ^Cbomb." She said, "I'm scare^D7d." I said, "Me too".

Well, all^G night long that noise kept on, And the sound^C would chill you right to the bone. The bull^A7ets and the bombs and the mortar shells ^D Shook our bed ev'ry time one fell and it never let up. ^G It was gonna get worse before it got^C any better. ^D7

Well, when the sun came u^Gp, the noise died down. We got a few mi^Cnutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound. Then a soldie^A7r knocked on our door and said, Last nigh^Dt they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded. ^G C And would we come down^D7 to the base hospital and see the boys. Yeah.

So, we went ^Gto the hospital ward by day ^C And ev'ry night we were singin' away. Then the shells^A7 and the bombs till dawn again, And the helico^Dpters brought in the wounded men. ^GNight after night, day after day, comin' a^Cnd goin'. ^D7

So, we sadly^G sang for them our last song ^C And reluctantly we said, "So long." We did^A7 our best to let 'em know that we care For ev'r^Dy last one of 'em that's over there. Wether we bel^Gong over there or not, Somebody over here loves '^Cem and needs 'em. ^D7

Well, now, that's a^Gbout all that there is to tell About that ^Clittle trip into livin' hell. And if I ever^A7 go back over there anymore, I hope there's none of^D our boys there for me to sing for. I hope that war is^G over with And they all come bac^Ck home to stay in peace. ^{D7 G}