Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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    • Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    back 

    in 
    nineteen 
    forty-two, 

    I 
    I 
    was 
    a 
    member 
    of 
    a 
    good 
    platoon. 

    We 
    were 
    on 
    man
    euvers 

    in-a 
    Louisiana, 

    Louisiana, 

    One 
    night 
    by 
    the 
    light 
    of 
    the 
    moon. 

    The 
    cap
    tain 
    told 
    us 
    to 
    ford 
    a 
    river, 

    That's 
    how 
    it 
    all 
    begun. 

    We 
    were 
    -- knee 
    deep 

    in 
    the Big 
    Muddy, 

    But 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    said 
    to 
    push 
    on. 


    Verse 2

    The Sergeant 
    said, 
    "Sir, 
    are 
    you 
    sure, 

    This 
    is 
    the 
    best 
    way 
    back 
    to 

    the 
    base?" 

    "Sergeant, 
    go 
    on! 
    I 
    forded 
    this 
    river 

    'Bout 
    a 
    mile 
    above 
    this 
    place. 

    It'll 
    be 
    a little 
    soggy 
    but 

    just 
    keep 
    slogging. 

    We'll 
    soon 
    be 
    on 
    dry 
    ground." 

    We 
    were, 
    waist 
    deep 
    in 
    the Big 
    Muddy 

    And 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    said 
    to 
    push 
    on. 

    Verse 3

    The Sergeant 
    said, 
    "Sir, 

    with 
    all 
    this 
    equipment 

    No 
    man 
    will 
    be 
    able 
    to swim." 

    "Sergeant, 

    don't 
    be 
    a Nervous 
    Nellie," 

    The Captain 
    said 
    to 
    him. 

    "All 
    we 
    need 
    is 
    a 
    little 

    determination; 

    Men, 
    follow 
    me, 
    I'll 
    lead 
    on." 

    We 
    were, 
    neck 
    deep 
    in 
    the Big 
    Muddy 

    And 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    said 
    to 

    push 
    on. 

    Verse 4

    All 
    at 
    once, 
    the 
    moon 
    clouded 
    over, 

    We 
    heard 
    a 
    gurgling 
    cry. 

    A 
    few 
    seconds 
    later, 

    the cap
    tain's 
    helmet 

    Was 
    all 
    that 
    floated 
    by. 

    The 
    Sergeant 
    said, 
    "Turn 
    around 
    men! 

    I'm 
    in 
    charge 
    from 
    now 
    on." 

    And 
    we 
    just 
    made 
    it 
    out 
    of 

    the 
    Big 
    Muddy 

    With 
    the 
    captain 
    dead 
    and 
    gone. 

    We 
    stripped 
    Verse 5
    and 
    dived 

    and 
    found 
    his 
    body 

    Stuck 
    in 
    the 
    old 
    quicksand. 

    I 
    guess 
    he 
    didn't 
    know 
    that 

    the 
    wa
    ter 
    was 
    deeper 

    Than 
    the 
    place 
    he'd 
    once 

    before 
    been. 

    Another 
    stream 
    had 
    joined 

    the 
    Big 
    Muddy 

    'Bout 
    a 
    half 
    mile 
    from 
    where 
    we'd 
    gone. 

    We 
    were 
    lucky 
    to 
    escape 
    from 

    the 
    Big 
    Muddy 

    When 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    said 
    to 
    push 
    on. 

    Verse 6

    Well, 
    I'm 
    not 
    going 
    to 
    point 
    any 
    moral, 

    I'll 
    leave 
    that 
    for 
    yourself 

    Maybe 
    you're 
    still 
    walking, 

    you're 
    still 
    talking 

    You'd 
    like 
    to 
    keep 
    your 
    health. 

    But 
    every 
    time 
    I 
    read 
    the 
    papers 

    That 
    old 
    feel
    ing 
    comes 
    on; 

    We're, 
    waist 
    deep 
    in 
    the 
    Big 
    Muddy 

    And the 
    big 
    fool 
    says 
    to 
    push 
    on. 

    Verse 7
    Waist 
    deep 
    in 
    the 
    Big 
    Muddy 

    And 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    says 
    to 
    push 
    on. 

    Waist 
    deep 
    in 
    the Big 
    Muddy 

    And 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    says 
    to 
    push 
    on. 

    Waist 
    deep! 
    Neck 
    deep! 
    Soon 
    even 
    a 

    Tall 
    man'll 
    be 
    over 
    his 
    head, 
    we're 

    Waist 
    deep 
    in 
    the 
    Big 
    Muddy! 

    And 
    the 
    big 
    fool 
    says 
    to push 
    on! 

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