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Verse 1
(A minor)
I'm going to tell you a little story
from across the sea,
about a little town they call Ben Tree,
sitting on a riverbank,
peaceful as you please,
till he (D major) got caught between two ideologies,
(A minor) big confrontation,
western civilization at stake. (D major)
(A minor) Down by the river come marching along
the local chapter of the Viet Con (D major) g,
(A minor) marched into (C major) town with their flags a (A minor) -waving,
it was easy to see that town needed saving,
they walked in like they lived there. (D major)
(C major) Our (A minor) boys saw what was going on,
they called the general on the telephone,
which ones are the enemy?
We can't tell, I don't (F major) know either,
(A minor) blow them all to hell,
don't make that much difference.
Once you've (C major) seen one,
you've seen them (A minor) all. (D major)
(C major) Well, the (D major) general (A minor) watched the (C major) fighting all (A minor) day,
said, We've got to save this town some way.
It (D major) calls for (A minor) a humanitarian act.
I'll order a full -scale bombing attack.
(C major) Big bombs, (A minor) napalm,
just like the Fourth of July. (D major)
(A minor) Well, them houses burned all day long.
Boy, we really cooked them kong.
and also about 2 ,000 others.
But they was just old folks, children,
and mothers.
Good thing we saved them.
Some of them kids
might have grown up to be
communists. (D major) (A minor)
When the (C major) smoke cleared away,
that (A minor) town was clean.
No Viet Cong were to be seen.
Just 30 ,000 grateful folk,
glad we done right,
each one looking for a
(A minor) place to spend the night. (D major)
(A minor) Not much to do in the evening
for entertainment
when your house is burning down.
Guess they stood around
singing the Star Spangled Banner.
Talking Ben Tre
Pete Seeger
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