Key: C major•
Intro 1
F
C
G
F
C
G
Verse 1
F
G
an operation goin' on
C
F
G
And it don't have to trouble me and you
F
C
The country boys will do the fighting
G
C
F
G
Now that fighting's all a country boy can do
C
F
G
We got a handle on it this time
C
F
No one's gonna tell us we
G
were wrong
That way we won't have
F
G
another Vietnam
Verse 2
F
G
C
No one knows, 'cause no one sees
G
F
G
No one cares, 'cause no one knows
Interlude 1
F
C
G
F
C
G
Verse 3
C
F
G
She works a checkpoint in the city
C
F
G
Choking on the gravel dust and smog
F
G
Those guys will run you down just like a dog
C
F
G
The KBR man knows her trailer
C
F
He hips her to some re
And there'd best not be no
F
G
soldier boy around
Verse 4
F
G
No one knows, 'cause no one sees
F
G
No one cares, 'cause no one knows
G
C
'cause no one sees it on TV
F
Verse 5
G
F
And don't they look just like on "SEAL Team",
F
When we trot them out at halftime or the sev
C
G
enth inning stretch
C
G
Am
and help us sell the show
F
G
Dying by their own hands for reasons we don't
Interlude 2
know
F
G
F
C
G
F
C
G
Am
F
G
C
F
Dm
We got an operation
Verse 6
C
F
G
It don't have to trouble you and me
C
F
G
C
A A soldier's choking down an MRE
F
G
C
We just go on about our business
F
G
F
Drop the kids off at the mall
G
Verse 7
F
G
No one knows, 'cause no one sees
F
G
No one cares, 'cause no one knows
F
G
C
No one knows, 'cause no one sees
G
F
G
No one cares, 'cause no one knows
Interlude 3
F
C
G
F
C
G
F
C
G
Verse 8
C
F
We got an operation goin' on
How did you like the song?
You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C G Am Dm
More songs by James McMurtry
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users