Tonart: G major•
Verse 1
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Now when I landed in Vietnam,
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I hardly got to see Saigon,
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they shaped us up and called a roll,
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an d off we went on a long patrol,
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swapping lives, swatting flies,
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firing the odd shot here and there.
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The captain called halt that night
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and we had chow by the pale moonlight
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A lovely dinner they planned for us
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with a taste like a seat
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Some of the veterans just left theirs
layin' in the cans
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For the Viet Cong to find deadlier
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than a landmine
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Well naturally somebody told a joke
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and a couple of the fellas began to smoke
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I took a whiff as the cloud rolled by
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and my nose went up like an infield fly
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The captain this blonde
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He looked at me and said what's
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the matter with you, baby?
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Well, I may be crazy, but I think not
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I'd swear to God that I smell pot
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But who'd have pot in Vietnam?
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He said what do you think
you've been sitting on?
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He's funny little plants thousands
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Pastures of plenty
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Well, we all lit up and by and by
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The whole platoon was flying high
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With a beautiful smile on the captain's face
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He smelled like midnight on
St. Mark's Place
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Cleaning his weapon
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Chanting the Hare Krishna
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The moment came as it comes to all
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when I had to answer nature's call
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I was stumbling around in
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when I met a little cat in black PJs rifle,
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ammo belt, BF Goodrich sandals.
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He looked up at me and said what's
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the matter with you baby?
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He said we're camping down the pass
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and smell you people blowing grass
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and since by the smell you're smoking trash
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I brought you a taste of a special stash
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straight from Uncle Ho's victory garden
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we call it a Hanoi Gold
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so his squad and my squad
settled down
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passed some lovely stuff around
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all too soon it was time to go
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the captain got on the radio
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said hello headquarters
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and he has been smashed.
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