CIA Dope Calypso chords by Allen Ginsberg
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(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) In 1945,
(D major)
China was won by
Mao
Zedong. (G major)
Chiang
Kai -shek's army ran (C major) away,
(E minor) and they're (G major) waiting there in (B minor)
(D major) Thailand today. (G major)
Supported by the
(C major) CIA, (D major) pushing (G major) junk down
Thailand (D major) way. (G major)
First they stole from (D major) the
Mio tribes, up in the hills they
started taking bribes. (G major)
Then they sent their soldiers up (C major) to
Shan
Collect (G major) ing opium to (D major) sell to the man
(G major) Pushing junk in
Bangkok (C major) today
Suppor (D major) ted (G major) by the
(D major) CIA
(G major) Brought their jam on (D major) mule trains
Down to
Chiang
Rai, that's a railroad town
(G major) Sold it next to
Police
(C major) Chief
Bring
He (G major) took it to town on (D major) the choo -choo train
(G major) Trafficking dope to
Bangkok (C major) all day, suppor (D major) ted by (G major) the
(D major) CIA
(G major) The policeman's name was
Mr. (D major)
Fow
He peddled dope, grand scale and how
(G major) Chief (E minor) (G major) of the border, cus (C major) toms paid
By
Central
In (G major) telligence's
(B minor) U (D major) .S. (G major) aid
The whole operation, news (C major) papers say
(D major) Supported (C major) (G major) by the
(D major) CIA
(G major) He got so sloppy an (D major) d
he peddled so loose
He busted himself and he
cooked (G major) his own goose
(D major) Took (G major) the reward for an (C major) opium load
Seiz (G major) ing his own whore,
which (D major) same he resold (G major)
Big -time pusher, a dec (C major) ade turned (D major) grey
(C major) A (G major) -workin' for the
(D major) CIA
(G major) The whole operation fell (D major) into chaos
Till
U .S. intelligence came into
LAOS (G major) I tell you no lie, I'm (C major) a true
American
A (G major) big pusher there was (D major)
Fumi
Noza (G major) wan
All them princes in the (C major) power play
But
Fu (G major) mi was the man for the
(D major) CIA (G major)
Toubi
Lefong, (D major) he worked for the
French
Big fat man, liked to dine and to (G major) wench
(D major) Prince (G major) of the
Mios, he grew (C major) black mud
Till opium (G major) flowed through (D major) the
land like a (G major) flood
Communists came and chased the
(C major) French away
So
(D major) Toubi took (G major) a job with the
(D major) CIA
(G major) And his best friend,
(D major) General
Vang
Thao
Ran army, oh army,
like a sacred cow (G major)
Helicopter smugglers filled long (C major) -chain bars
In
(G major) Gi ang
Quang province on the
(D major) Plain of
(G major) Jars
It started in secret,
they were fight (C major) ing yesterday
Contest (D major) ant
(G major) Secret
Army of the
(D major) CIA (G major)
All through the 60s,
(D major) the dope flew free through
Tan
Son
Huat,
Saigon to
Marshall
Key
(G major) Air
America (C major) followed through,
transport (G major) ing conflict here (D major) for
President
Tew
(G major) All these dealers were dec
(C major) ades yesterday, the
(D major) Indoch (G major) inese mob of the
(D major) U .S.
CIA (G major)
Operation
Haylift officer (D major)
William
Colby saw
Marshall
Key fly over him,
(G major) Mr.
Mustard told me
Indochina desk, he was (C major) chief of dirty tricks,
hitch (G major) hiking with the pusher (D major) s was how he got his (G major) fix
Subsidizing traffickers to (C major) drive the
Reds away,
Till
Colby (G major) was the head of the whole (D major) world
CIA. (G major)
Subsidizing traffickers to (C major) drive the
Reds away,
Till
Colby (G major) was the head of the whole (D major) world
CIA. (G major)
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CIA Dope Calypso
Allen Ginsberg
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