Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues
Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues

Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1

    The 
    song 

    was written for 
    the tuned 
    guitar, 

    but 
    I'll sing it anyhow. 

    Now 
    when I 
    landed 
    in Vietnam, 

    I 
    hardly 
    got to 
    see Saigon. 

    They 
    shaped us 
    up and 

    called 
    the roll 

    And off we 
    went on a long 
    patrol 

    Swappin' 
    lives, 
    swattin' 
    flies 

    Firein' 
    the odd 
    shot here 

    and there 

    The 
    captain called 
    a 
    halt that 
    night 

    And we 
    had chow 
    by 
    the 
    pale moonlight 

    A 
    lovely 
    dinner they 
    planned 
    for us 

    With a 
    taste like 
    a seat on 
    a crosstown 
    bus 

    Some 
    of the veterans 
    left theirs 

    layin' in 
    the cans 

    for 
    the Viet Cong 
    to find
    , 

    deadlier 
    than a land
    mine. 

    Naturally 
    somebody 
    told a 
    joke 

    and 
    a couple of 
    the veterans 
    began to 
    smoke. 

    I 
    took a 
    whiff as the cloud 
    rolled by 

    and my 
    nose went 
    up like an 

    infield fly. 

    The captain, 

    this blond 
    fellow 
    from Yale, 

    he looked 
    at 
    me and 
    said, 

    What's 
    the matter 
    with 
    you, 
    baby? 

    Well, 
    I may 
    be crazy, 

    but I 
    think not, 

    I swear 
    to God 
    that I smell 
    pot, 

    but who'd 
    have pot 
    in Vietnam? 

    said, what 
    do you think 

    you've been sitting 
    on? 

    These 
    funny little 
    plants, 

    thousands 
    of 
    them. 

    Good 
    God Almighty! 

    Pastures 
    of 
    plenty! 

    So 
    we 
    all lit up, 
    and by 
    and by, 

    the whole 
    platoon was 
    flying 
    high. 

    With 
    a beautiful 
    smile on 
    the 
    captain's 
    face, 

    he 
    smelled like 
    midnight on 

    St. Mark's 
    Place. 

    cleaning 
    his 
    weapon, 

    chanting 
    something 
    about Hare 
    Krishna, 

    Hare Krishna. 

    The 
    moment came 
    as 
    it 
    comes to 
    all 

    when I 
    had to 
    answer 
    nature's 
    call. 

    I was 
    stum
    bling 
    around in 

    the 
    beautiful 
    haze 

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

    ammo belt, 
    Dunlop 
    sandals. 

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

    baby? 

    He 
    said, 
    we're campin' 

    down 
    the pass 

    And smell 
    you people 
    blowin' 
    grass 

    And 
    since by the 
    smell you're 
    smokin' 
    trash 

    I 
    brought you 
    a taste of 
    a special 
    stash 

    Straight 
    from 
    Uncle Ho's 
    Victory 
    Garden 

    We 
    call it 
    Hanoi 
    Gold 

    So 
    his 
    squad, 
    my squad, 
    settled 
    down 

    Passed 
    some lovely 
    stuff around 

    All 
    too 
    soon it 
    was 
    time 
    to 
    go 

    the captain 
    got on 
    the radio 

    said hello 
    headquarters 

    Hello 
    headquarters 

    We 
    have 
    met the 
    enemy 

    and 
    he has 
    been smashed 

    Thank 
    you. 
    Thank 
    you. 

    Thank 

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