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Thread #84307   Message #1555555
Posted By: GUEST,Cattail (No cookie)
03-Sep-05 - 03:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 1960's anti-war song
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: I FEEL LIKE I'M FIXIN' TO DIE RAG
Hi Kristine.

The lyric I have, (culled from some site or other) are these.



FEEL LIKE I'M FIXIN TO DIE RAG^^^
Country Joe McDonald & the Fish


D7
Come on all of you big strong men
G
Uncle Sam needs your help again
         D7
he's got himself in a terrible jam
G
way down yonder in Viet Nam so
E7                               A7
put down your books and pick up a gun we're
D7                             G
gonna have a whole lotta fun


CHORUS
        D/E         D/F      D/F#                  G
And it's one,    two,   three, what are we fighting for
                D7                                     G
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
        D/E       D/F       D/F#                G
And it's five,    six,    seven, open up the pearly gates
E7                 A7                   D7                              G
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die

come on generals, let's move fast
your big chance has come at last
now you can go out and get those reds
cos the only good commie is the one that's dead
and you know that peace can only be won when we've
blown 'em all to kingdom come


Come on wall street don't be slow
why man this war is a go-go
there's plenty good money to be made by
supplying the army with the tools of its trade
let's hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
they drop it on the Viet Cong

come on mothers throughout the land
pack your boys off to Viet Nam
come on fathers don't hesitate
send your sons off before it's too late
and you can be the first ones on your block
to have your boy come home in a box^^^


Cheers

Cattail !