Chords for Dave Dudley - Operation X

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_ _ Well, as long as [C] there's a truck I won't [F] forget
_ _ _ _ Korea and [Eb] Operation X _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'll forget the year of 54
_ _ I drove a truck in that [G] Korean War
_ [C] _ _ [F]
Hauling GIs to the front then back
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[F] In a truck they called a deuce and a half _ _
The orders called it Operation X _
_ We had to move in just an hour [Gm] or less
[C] _ _ First [F] echelon and maintenance that [Bb] was all
_ _ [F] And there were 20 [C] men I [F] had to haul
_ _ [Gb] That South Korean sky was smoky black.
_ _ _ I was third in convoy [Db] from the back _ _
[Gb] But 20 minutes out they [B] hit the nail _
It [Gb] was mortar.
[Db] They were sending [Gb] in the mail _
_ [G] Well scatter out and find a hole they said _
_ _ Those operation X is catching [D] lead I _ [G] wheeled into a side road to [C] the left
_ _ _ [G] Driving to an [D] almost [G] certain death I
_ _ Heard the steady creeping of the shells _ _
the burning powder sent a [D] deadly smell and _
[G] It happened as I pulled it to a stop _
[C] They [G] hit us.
[D] I blacked out from the [G] shock
_ _ [Ab] Somehow I got back to the states alive _ and now I got another rig [Eb] to drive
_ _ [Ab] My bumper sign says [Db] operation X
_ _ [Ab] It's there cause [Eb] I'm the only one [Ab] that's left
Operation X it's there cause I'm the only one that's left _ _
[Eb] Yes there cause I am the only one that's left _ _