Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues

Capo 3rd fret Intro: ||:        |         :|| One mornin’ at breakfast I said to my wife "We’ve been ev’rywhere once and some places twice." As I had another helping of country ham she said      "We ain’t never been to Vietnam And there’s a bunch of our boys over there." So       we went to the Orient     Saigon.    Well we got a big welcome when we drove in To the gates of a place that they call Long Ben. We checked in and ev’rything got kind of quiet. But a soldier boy said "Just wait till tonight. Things get noisy things start happenin’.     Big bad firecrackers." Well that night we did about four shows for the boys And they were livin’ it up with a whole lot of noise. We did our last song for the night And we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet. But things weren’t peaceful and things weren’t      quiet.                Things were      scary. Well for a few minutes June never said one word And I     thought at first that she hadn’t heard. Then a shell exploded not two miles away. She sat up in bed and I heard her say "What was that?" I said "That was a shell    or a bomb."          She said "I’m scared." I said "Me too". Well all night long that noise kept on And the sound would chill you right to the bone. The bullets and the bombs and the mortar shells       Shook our bed ev’ry time one fell and it never let up.        It was gonna get worse     before it got any better.                            Well when the sun came up the noise died down. We got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin’ sound. Then a soldier knocked on our door and said Last night they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded.                                                                                             And would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys.        Yeah. So we went to the hospital ward by day      And ev’ry night we were singin’ away. Then the shells and the bombs till dawn again And the helicopters brought in the wounded men. Night after night day after day comin’ and goin’.                 So we sadly sang for them our last song      And reluctantly we said "So long." We did our best to let ’em know that we care For ev’ry last one of  ’em that’s over there. Wether we belong over there or not Somebody over here loves ’em and needs ’em.             Well now that’s about all that there is to tell About that little trip into livin’ hell. And if  I ever go back over there anymore I hope there’s none of our boys there for me to sing for. I hope that war is over with And they all come back home to stay           in peace.               For more Johnny Cash chords see www.unofficial-johnnycash.com!