Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues chords by
Tom Paxton

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Key: G major•

Verse 1
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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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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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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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