Singing In Vietnam Talking Blues – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Capo 3rd fret
Intro:
||: | :||
ch]G[/ch
One mornin' at breakfast I said to my wife,
ch]C[/ch
"We've been ev'rywhere once and some places twice."
ch]A7[/ch
As I had another helping of country ham, she said,
ch]D[/ch
"We ain't never been to Vietnam,
ch]G[/ch
And there's a bunch of our boys over there."
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
So we went to the Orient, Saigon.
ch]G[/ch
Well, we got a big welcome when we drove in
ch]C[/ch
To the gates of a place that they call Long Ben.
ch]A7[/ch
We checked in and ev'rything got kind of quiet.
ch]D[/ch
But a soldier boy said, "Just wait till tonight.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Things get noisy, things start happenin'.
ch]D7[/ch
Big, bad firecrackers."
ch]G[/ch
Well, that night we did about four shows for the boys
ch]C[/ch
And they were livin' it up with a whole lot of noise.
ch]A7[/ch
We did our last song for the night
ch]D[/ch
And we crawled into bed for some peace and quiet.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
But things weren't peaceful and things weren't quiet.
ch]D7[/ch
Things were scary.
ch]G[/ch
Well, for a few minutes, June never said one word,
ch]C[/ch
And I thought at first that she hadn't heard.
ch]A7[/ch
Then a shell exploded not two miles away.
ch]D[/ch
She sat up in bed and I heard her say,
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
"What was that?" I said, "That was a shell or a bomb."
ch]D7[/ch
She said, "I'm scared." I said, "Me too".
ch]G[/ch
Well, all night long that noise kept on,
ch]C[/ch
And the sound would chill you right to the bone.
ch]A7[/ch
The bullets and the bombs and the mortar shells
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Shook our bed ev'ry time one fell and it never let up.
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
It was gonna get worse before it got any better.
ch]G[/ch
Well, when the sun came up, the noise died down.
ch]C[/ch
We got a few minutes sleep and we were sleepin' sound.
ch]A7[/ch
Then a soldier knocked on our door and said,
ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Last night they brought in 7 dead and 14 wounded.
ch]D7[/ch
And would we come down to the base hospital and see the boys. Yeah.
ch]G[/ch
So, we went to the hospital ward by day
ch]C[/ch
And ev'ry night we were singin' away.
ch]A7[/ch
Then the shells and the bombs till dawn again,
ch]D[/ch
And the helicopters brought in the wounded men.
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Night after night, day after day, comin' and goin'.
ch]G[/ch
So, we sadly sang for them our last song
ch]C[/ch
And reluctantly we said, "So long."
ch]A7[/ch
We did our best to let 'em know that we care
ch]D[/ch
For ev'ry last one of 'em that's over there.
ch]G[/ch
Wether we belong over there or not,
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch
Somebody over here loves 'em and needs 'em.
ch]G[/ch
Well, now, that's about all that there is to tell
ch]C[/ch
About that little trip into livin' hell.
ch]A7[/ch
And if I ever go back over there anymore,
ch]D[/ch
I hope there's none of our boys there for me to sing for.
ch]G[/ch
I hope that war is over with
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And they all come back home to stay in peace.