Vietnam chords by
Jimmy Cliff
Paul Simon

N/A

Key: C major•

Verse 1
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I'd like to introduce you to
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a personal hero of mine
A man whose music I admire immensely
The great Jimmy Cliff

Verse 2

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This is something that we experienced

some time ago

Wanna tell you about a place

and a time that we call

Interlude 1

Vietnam

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Vietnam,

Verse 3

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Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

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Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Verse 4

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Yesterday I got a letter from my friend

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Fighting in Vietnam

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And this is what he had to say

Verse 5
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"Tell all my friends that I'll be coming
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home soon" (soon, soon)
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"My time will be up some time in June"
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"Don't forget", he said,
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"To tell my sweet Mary" (Mary,Mary)
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"Her golden lips as sweet
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as cherries"

Verse 6

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And it came from Vietnam,

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Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

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Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Verse 7
C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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It was just the next day
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his mother got a telegram
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It was ad dressed from
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Vietnam
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Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
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And this is what the telegram said

Verse 8

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"Don't be alarmed"

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She told us the telegram said (said, said)

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"But, mistress Brown,

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your son is dead"

Verse 9
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And it came from
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Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
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Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
All I'm saying now
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C C 
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Somebody please stop that war now