Dave Dudley - Viet Nam Blues guitar chord

Viet Nam Blues

written by Kris Kristofferson

10/13/05

There's a little riff played occasionally during the C areas. It goes like this:

e----------0

B----------1

G----------0

D----------2

A-----2p0--3

E--3-------x

For reference, it's done 3 times during the INTRO, and then just as he begins the verse.

CAPO II

INTRO: C

C

I was on leave at the time just duckin' the fog

Nosin' around like a hungry dog

G C

In that crazy place called Washington D.C.

C

I saw a crowd of people on the White House lawn

All carrying signs about Viet Nam

G C

So I went over to see what was goin' on

F

There's a strange lookin' bunch

G C

But then I never could understand some people

C

Well a fellow came to me with a list in his hand

He said we're gatherin' names to send a telegram of sympathy

G C

Then he handed me a pen

I said I reckon this is goin' to the kids and wives

Of my friends over there who'd given their lives

G C

And he said Uh-huh buddy, this is goin' to Ho Chi Mihn

F

I said Ho Chi who?

G C

He said Ho Chi Mihn--peopole's leader North Vietnam

C

Well I wasn't real sure I was hearin' him right

But I thought I better move before I got in a fight

G C

'Cause my ears were hurtin' and my pulse started hittin' the lick

C

Then I thought about another telegram I had just read

Tellin' my buddy's wife that her husband was dead

G C

And it wasn't too long 'til I was feelin' downright sick

C

Another held a sign that said "we won't fight"

I thought to myself "boy ain't that right

G C

You'd rather let a soldier die instead"

C

I said "it's a shame that every man

Who ever died there in that far-off land

G C

Was dyin' so that you wouldn't have to wake up dead"

F

'Course he looked at me like I was kinda crazy

G C

Just another war monger

C

Well I left that place and I went downtown

And hit the first bar that I found

G C

Coolin' myself off, pacify my brain

C

You see I was on orders to Vietnam

Little old place just north of Saigon

G C

I had about an hour to catch myself a plane

F G

So all I mean to say is I don't like dyin' either

N/C C

But man I ain't gonna crawl