Agent Orange Song - Country Joe Mcdonald (with lyrics) Chords

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_ I was 17, [B] just a teenage kid, [F#m] the year that I [E] enlisted.
_ I can't remember [B] why I did, [F#m] my mom said I [E] insisted. _
[A] I had some strange [E] idea then, that Uncle [B] Sam was right. _
_ [E] Mama cried, but she signed the card, and then [F#m] I went off to fight. _ _
_ _ Got off the [B] plane in Vietnam, [A] it didn't [E] seem like war.
_ With all I [B] saw, I started to wonder [A] what I had come [E] there for.
_ [A] Some officers [E] got drunk at night, [C#m] and cheated [B] on their wives.
[E] And the peasants on [B] the other side, were [F#m] just struggling for [E] their lives.
_ _ _ _ Oh, the army tried [B] some fancy stuff, [F#m] to bring them to [E] their knees.
Like Agent [B] Orange _ defoliants, [F#m] to kill the brush and [E] trees.
_ [A] We'd hike all [E] day on jungle trails, [G#m] through clouds of poison [B] spray.
_ [E] And they never told me [B] then, that [F#m] it would hurt my health [E] today. _ _ _
_ But [A] I got the news [E] this morning, yeah, [A] the doctors [G#] told [B] me so.
_ [E] They killed me [B] in Vietnam, [G#] and I didn't [E] even know. _ _ _ _ _ _
I tried hard [B] to forget the war, [A] like everybody _ [E] did. _ _ _
Settled down, [B] got married, even [F#m] _
had a couple [E] of kids.
Well, [A] my children [F#m] both [E] had birth defects, and [A] the doctors [B] had their doubts.
They [E]
never could [B] understand it, but [A] I think I've figured [E] it out. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Cause I got [F#m] the news [E] this morning, [G#m] yeah, the doctors [G#] told me [B] so.
_ [E] They killed me [B] in Vietnam, [A] and I didn't [E] even know. _ _ _ _ _
This Agent Orange [B] from _ Vietnam, [F#m] we carry it with [E] us still.
_ It stays inside [B] for years and years, [F#m]
before it starts [E] to kill.
You [A] might get cancer of [E] the liver, you might [G#] get cancer of [B] the skin.
_ [E] You can file for [B] disability, _ [A] but you might not [F#m] live to [E] win. _ _
_ _ Oh, [F#m] I got the [E] news this morning, yeah, [G#] the doctors told [B] me so.
_ [E] They killed me [B] in Vietnam, [E] and I didn't even know.
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, the doctors [B] said I've got some [F#m] time, trying to [E] be kind. _ _ _
I've never [B] been a radical, [F#m] but this has changed [E] my mind.
[A] Oh, I'd be so proud [E] to hear my kids [G#] say, hell no, I [B] won't go.
_ [E] Because you killed my [B] dad in Vietnam, [F#m] and he didn't [E] even know.
_ [A] Yes, I'd be so proud [E] to hear my kids [G#] say, hell no, I won't [B] go.
_ Because [E] you killed my [B] dad in Vietnam, [F#m] and he didn't even [E] know. _ _
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