Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues chords by
Tom Paxton

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

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C

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Am

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The song

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was written for the tuned guitar,

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but I'll sing it anyhow.

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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

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called the roll

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And off we went on a long patrol

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Swappin' lives, swattin' flies

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Firein' the odd shot here

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C

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and there

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The captain called a 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 on a crosstown bus

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Some of the veterans left theirs

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layin' in the cans

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for the Viet Cong to find,

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deadlier than a landmine.

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Naturally somebody told a joke

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and a couple of the veterans 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

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infield fly.

The captain,

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this blond fellow from Yale,

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he looked at me and said,

What's the matter with you, baby?

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Well, I may be crazy,

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but I think not,

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I swear to God that I smell pot,

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but who'd have pot in Vietnam?

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said, what do you think

you've been sitting on?

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These funny little plants,

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thousands of them.

Good God Almighty!

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Pastures of plenty!

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So 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 something about Hare Krishna,

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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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the beautiful haze

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when I met a little cat in black PJs, rifle,

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ammo belt, Dunlop sandals.

Looked up at me and said, What's the matter with you,

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C

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baby?

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He said, we're campin'

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down the pass

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And smell you people blowin' grass

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And since by the smell you're smokin' 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 Hanoi Gold

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So his squad, 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

the captain got on the radio

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said hello headquarters

Hello headquarters

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We have met the enemy

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and he has been smashed

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank

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Chords

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The original key of Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues by Tom Paxton is G major.

The primary chords used in Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues are G, C, A, Am, D, E.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, C, A, Am, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues is approximately 61 beats per minute.

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