Chords for Allen Ginsberg - CIA Dope Calypso (live)
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From history,
[Em] CIA, [G]
dope, Calypso.
[B] How everybody got all enlightened by the CIA.
[G] In
[D] 1945, China was won [G] by Mao Zedong.
Chiang Kai-shek's army [C] ran away, [G] and they're waiting there [D] in Thailand [G] today.
Supported by [C] the CIA, [G] pushing junk down Thailand way.
They stole from [D] the Mio tribes, up in the hills [G] they started taking bribes.
Then they sent their soldiers [C] up to Shan, [G]
collecting opium to sell to the man.
Pushing junk in [C] Bangkok today, [G]
supported by the CIA.
Brought their jam [D] on mule trains down to Chiang Rai, [G] that's a railroad town.
Sold it next to [C] police chief Brin, [G] he took it to town [D] on the Choo Choo [G] train.
Doping [C] Bangkok all day, [G]
supported by [D] the [G] CIA.
The policeman's name [D] was Mr.
Fow, he peddled [G] dope grand scale and how.
Chief of the border, [C] customs paid [G] by Central [D] Intelligence's [G] US aid.
The whole operation, [C] newspapers say, [G]
supported [Bm] by the [G] CIA.
He got so sloppy [D] and he peddled so loose, he busted himself and [G] he cooked his own goose.
Took the reward, [C] worked opium load, [G]
seizing his own [D] whore, which soon [G] he resold.
Big time pusher, [C] a decade turned grey, [G] working for [D] the [G] CIA.
The whole [D] operation fell into chaos, till US [G] intelligence came into layoffs.
I tell you no lie, [C] I'm a true American, [G]
our big pusher there [D] was Fumi Nusselt.
[G]
All them pricks [C] is in the power play, [G] but Fumi was the man for the CIA.
Now Tooby LeFong, [D] he worked for the French, a big fat man [G] liked to dine and to winch.
Chief of the Mio's, [C] he grew black mud [G] till opium flowed [D] through the land [G] like a flood.
Communists came and [C] chased the French away, [G] so Tooby took a job with the CIA.
And his best friend, [D] General Van Pau, ran our Mio army [G] like a sacred cow.
[B] Helicopters, [C] smugglers filled long chain bars [G] in Tsinghua province on the plain of Dars.
Started in secret, [C] they were fighting yesterday, [B]
clandestine secret army [D] of the [G] CIA.
All through the [D] 60s the dope flew free through, Tansen hut, Saigon [G] to Marshall Key.
Air America [C] followed through, [G]
transporting coffee here [D] for President [G] Toon.
All these dealers [C] were the kids yesterday, [G] the Indochinese mob [D] of the US [G] CIA.
[B] Operation Haylift [D] officer William Colby saw Marshall Key fly [G] opium, Mr.
Mustard told me.
Indochina desk, [C] he was chief of dirty tricks, [G]
hitchhiking with dope [D] pushers was how he [G] got his fix.
[B]
Subsidizing [C] traffickers to drive the Reds away, [B]
till Colby was the head of [D] the whole world [G] CIA.
Subsidizing traffickers to [C]
drive the Reds away, [G] till Colby was the head [D] of the whole world CIA.
[G] [N]
[Em] CIA, [G]
dope, Calypso.
[B] How everybody got all enlightened by the CIA.
[G] In
[D] 1945, China was won [G] by Mao Zedong.
Chiang Kai-shek's army [C] ran away, [G] and they're waiting there [D] in Thailand [G] today.
Supported by [C] the CIA, [G] pushing junk down Thailand way.
They stole from [D] the Mio tribes, up in the hills [G] they started taking bribes.
Then they sent their soldiers [C] up to Shan, [G]
collecting opium to sell to the man.
Pushing junk in [C] Bangkok today, [G]
supported by the CIA.
Brought their jam [D] on mule trains down to Chiang Rai, [G] that's a railroad town.
Sold it next to [C] police chief Brin, [G] he took it to town [D] on the Choo Choo [G] train.
Doping [C] Bangkok all day, [G]
supported by [D] the [G] CIA.
The policeman's name [D] was Mr.
Fow, he peddled [G] dope grand scale and how.
Chief of the border, [C] customs paid [G] by Central [D] Intelligence's [G] US aid.
The whole operation, [C] newspapers say, [G]
supported [Bm] by the [G] CIA.
He got so sloppy [D] and he peddled so loose, he busted himself and [G] he cooked his own goose.
Took the reward, [C] worked opium load, [G]
seizing his own [D] whore, which soon [G] he resold.
Big time pusher, [C] a decade turned grey, [G] working for [D] the [G] CIA.
The whole [D] operation fell into chaos, till US [G] intelligence came into layoffs.
I tell you no lie, [C] I'm a true American, [G]
our big pusher there [D] was Fumi Nusselt.
[G]
All them pricks [C] is in the power play, [G] but Fumi was the man for the CIA.
Now Tooby LeFong, [D] he worked for the French, a big fat man [G] liked to dine and to winch.
Chief of the Mio's, [C] he grew black mud [G] till opium flowed [D] through the land [G] like a flood.
Communists came and [C] chased the French away, [G] so Tooby took a job with the CIA.
And his best friend, [D] General Van Pau, ran our Mio army [G] like a sacred cow.
[B] Helicopters, [C] smugglers filled long chain bars [G] in Tsinghua province on the plain of Dars.
Started in secret, [C] they were fighting yesterday, [B]
clandestine secret army [D] of the [G] CIA.
All through the [D] 60s the dope flew free through, Tansen hut, Saigon [G] to Marshall Key.
Air America [C] followed through, [G]
transporting coffee here [D] for President [G] Toon.
All these dealers [C] were the kids yesterday, [G] the Indochinese mob [D] of the US [G] CIA.
[B] Operation Haylift [D] officer William Colby saw Marshall Key fly [G] opium, Mr.
Mustard told me.
Indochina desk, [C] he was chief of dirty tricks, [G]
hitchhiking with dope [D] pushers was how he [G] got his fix.
[B]
Subsidizing [C] traffickers to drive the Reds away, [B]
till Colby was the head of [D] the whole world [G] CIA.
Subsidizing traffickers to [C]
drive the Reds away, [G] till Colby was the head [D] of the whole world CIA.
[G] [N]
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_ From history, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] CIA, [G] _ _ _
_ _ dope, _ Calypso. _
_ _ [B] _ _ How everybody _ _ got all enlightened _ by the CIA. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ In _ _
_ [D] 1945, _ _ China was won [G] by Mao Zedong.
_ Chiang Kai-shek's army [C] ran away, [G] and they're waiting there [D] in Thailand [G] today.
Supported by [C] the _ CIA, [G] pushing junk down Thailand way. _
They stole from [D] the Mio tribes, up in the hills [G] they started taking bribes.
Then they sent their soldiers [C] up to Shan, _ [G]
collecting opium to sell to the man. _
Pushing junk in [C] Bangkok today, _ [G]
supported by the CIA. _
Brought their jam [D] on mule trains down to Chiang Rai, _ [G] that's a railroad town.
Sold it next to [C] police chief Brin, [G] he took it to town [D] on the Choo Choo [G] train. _ _
_ Doping [C] Bangkok all day, [G]
supported by [D] the [G] CIA.
The policeman's name [D] was Mr.
Fow, he peddled [G] dope grand scale and how.
Chief of the border, [C] _ customs paid [G] by Central _ [D] Intelligence's [G] US aid.
The whole operation, [C] newspapers say, [G]
supported [Bm] by the [G] CIA.
He got so sloppy [D] and he peddled so loose, he busted himself and [G] he cooked his own goose.
Took the reward, [C] worked opium load, [G] _
seizing his own [D] whore, which soon [G] he resold.
Big time pusher, [C] a decade turned grey, [G] working for [D] the [G] CIA.
The whole [D] operation fell into chaos, till US [G] intelligence came into layoffs.
I tell you no lie, [C] I'm a true American, [G]
our big pusher there [D] was Fumi Nusselt.
[G] _
All them pricks [C] is in the power play, [G] but Fumi was the man for the CIA. _
Now Tooby LeFong, [D] he worked for the French, a big fat man [G] liked to dine and to winch. _
Chief of the Mio's, [C] he grew black mud [G] till opium flowed [D] through the land [G] like a flood. _
Communists came and [C] chased the French away, [G] so Tooby took a job with the CIA.
And his best friend, [D] General Van Pau, ran our Mio army [G] like a sacred cow. _
[B] Helicopters, [C] smugglers filled long chain bars [G] in Tsinghua province on the plain of Dars.
Started in secret, [C] they were fighting yesterday, [B] _
clandestine secret army [D] of the [G] CIA. _
All through the [D] 60s the dope flew free through, Tansen hut, Saigon [G] to Marshall Key. _
_ Air America [C] followed through, [G]
transporting coffee here [D] for President [G] Toon.
All these dealers [C] were the kids yesterday, [G] the Indochinese mob [D] of the US [G] CIA. _ _
[B] Operation Haylift [D] officer William Colby saw Marshall Key fly [G] opium, Mr.
Mustard told me.
Indochina desk, [C] he was chief of dirty tricks, [G]
hitchhiking with dope [D] pushers was how he [G] got his fix.
[B] _
Subsidizing [C] traffickers to drive the Reds away, [B]
till Colby was the head of [D] the whole world [G] CIA. _
_ _ Subsidizing traffickers to [C]
drive the Reds _ away, _ [G] till Colby was the head [D] of the whole world _ CIA.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] CIA, [G] _ _ _
_ _ dope, _ Calypso. _
_ _ [B] _ _ How everybody _ _ got all enlightened _ by the CIA. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ In _ _
_ [D] 1945, _ _ China was won [G] by Mao Zedong.
_ Chiang Kai-shek's army [C] ran away, [G] and they're waiting there [D] in Thailand [G] today.
Supported by [C] the _ CIA, [G] pushing junk down Thailand way. _
They stole from [D] the Mio tribes, up in the hills [G] they started taking bribes.
Then they sent their soldiers [C] up to Shan, _ [G]
collecting opium to sell to the man. _
Pushing junk in [C] Bangkok today, _ [G]
supported by the CIA. _
Brought their jam [D] on mule trains down to Chiang Rai, _ [G] that's a railroad town.
Sold it next to [C] police chief Brin, [G] he took it to town [D] on the Choo Choo [G] train. _ _
_ Doping [C] Bangkok all day, [G]
supported by [D] the [G] CIA.
The policeman's name [D] was Mr.
Fow, he peddled [G] dope grand scale and how.
Chief of the border, [C] _ customs paid [G] by Central _ [D] Intelligence's [G] US aid.
The whole operation, [C] newspapers say, [G]
supported [Bm] by the [G] CIA.
He got so sloppy [D] and he peddled so loose, he busted himself and [G] he cooked his own goose.
Took the reward, [C] worked opium load, [G] _
seizing his own [D] whore, which soon [G] he resold.
Big time pusher, [C] a decade turned grey, [G] working for [D] the [G] CIA.
The whole [D] operation fell into chaos, till US [G] intelligence came into layoffs.
I tell you no lie, [C] I'm a true American, [G]
our big pusher there [D] was Fumi Nusselt.
[G] _
All them pricks [C] is in the power play, [G] but Fumi was the man for the CIA. _
Now Tooby LeFong, [D] he worked for the French, a big fat man [G] liked to dine and to winch. _
Chief of the Mio's, [C] he grew black mud [G] till opium flowed [D] through the land [G] like a flood. _
Communists came and [C] chased the French away, [G] so Tooby took a job with the CIA.
And his best friend, [D] General Van Pau, ran our Mio army [G] like a sacred cow. _
[B] Helicopters, [C] smugglers filled long chain bars [G] in Tsinghua province on the plain of Dars.
Started in secret, [C] they were fighting yesterday, [B] _
clandestine secret army [D] of the [G] CIA. _
All through the [D] 60s the dope flew free through, Tansen hut, Saigon [G] to Marshall Key. _
_ Air America [C] followed through, [G]
transporting coffee here [D] for President [G] Toon.
All these dealers [C] were the kids yesterday, [G] the Indochinese mob [D] of the US [G] CIA. _ _
[B] Operation Haylift [D] officer William Colby saw Marshall Key fly [G] opium, Mr.
Mustard told me.
Indochina desk, [C] he was chief of dirty tricks, [G]
hitchhiking with dope [D] pushers was how he [G] got his fix.
[B] _
Subsidizing [C] traffickers to drive the Reds away, [B]
till Colby was the head of [D] the whole world [G] CIA. _
_ _ Subsidizing traffickers to [C]
drive the Reds _ away, _ [G] till Colby was the head [D] of the whole world _ CIA.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _