Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation Chords by Tom Paxton
Tempo:
120.3 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
F#
Em
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [Bm] [G] [Em]
[B] [F#m] [Bm] [F#]
[A] [Bm] I got a letter from LBJ, [Em] it said this is your lucky day, [Bm] it's [F#m] time to put your khaki [Bm] trousers [F#m] on.
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we [F#m] are sending you to [Bm] Vietnam.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the nation, [Em] have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [B] to please.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam [A] from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop ship [Em] and sank and mud up to my hips, [Bm] I [F#m] cussed until the captain called [Bm] me [F#m] down.
[Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have [Bm] no fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to please.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [A] [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
[F#] [Bm] In their nightly little [Em] dramas, they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
[G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [C#m] trying everyone [B] to please.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] We'd go around in [Em] helicopters like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#]
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to [D] Saigon, their government [F#] [A] positions [Bm] to maintain.
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying [B] everyone to please.
[G] Though [D] it isn't really [Em] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help [F#] save Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [Em] paddy wondering about Big [D] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me [F#] so.
[Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [D] November when he [F#] said I'd never [Bm] have to go.
[G] But Lyndon [D] Johnson told [Em] the nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#]
trying [Bm] everyone to [B] please.
[G] Though [D] it isn't really [E] war, we're sending 50 [Bm],000 more to help [C#m] save [F#m] Vietnam [Bm] from Vietnamese.
[B] [F#m] [Bm] [F#]
[A] [Bm] I got a letter from LBJ, [Em] it said this is your lucky day, [Bm] it's [F#m] time to put your khaki [Bm] trousers [F#m] on.
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we [F#m] are sending you to [Bm] Vietnam.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the nation, [Em] have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [B] to please.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam [A] from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop ship [Em] and sank and mud up to my hips, [Bm] I [F#m] cussed until the captain called [Bm] me [F#m] down.
[Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town.
[G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have [Bm] no fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to please.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [A] [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
[F#] [Bm] In their nightly little [Em] dramas, they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
[G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [C#m] trying everyone [B] to please.
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
[F#] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm] We'd go around in [Em] helicopters like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#]
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to [D] Saigon, their government [F#] [A] positions [Bm] to maintain.
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying [B] everyone to please.
[G] Though [D] it isn't really [Em] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help [F#] save Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#]
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [Em] paddy wondering about Big [D] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me [F#] so.
[Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [D] November when he [F#] said I'd never [Bm] have to go.
[G] But Lyndon [D] Johnson told [Em] the nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#]
trying [Bm] everyone to [B] please.
[G] Though [D] it isn't really [E] war, we're sending 50 [Bm],000 more to help [C#m] save [F#m] Vietnam [Bm] from Vietnamese.
Key:
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_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
[A] [Bm] I got a letter from LBJ, [Em] it said this is your lucky day, [Bm] it's [F#m] time to put your khaki [Bm] trousers [F#m] on.
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we [F#m] are sending you to [Bm] Vietnam. _ _
_ [G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the nation, [Em] have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [B] to please. _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam [A] from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop ship [Em] and sank and mud up to my hips, [Bm] I [F#m] cussed until the captain called [Bm] me [F#m] down. _
_ [Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town. _
[G] _ Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have [Bm] no fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to please. _
_ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
_ [F#] _ [Bm] In their nightly little [Em] dramas, they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
_ [G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [C#m] trying everyone [B] to please.
_ _ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] We'd go around in [Em] helicopters like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#] _
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to [D] Saigon, their government [F#] [A] positions [Bm] to maintain. _
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying [B] everyone to please.
_ [G] Though [D] it isn't really [Em] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help [F#] save Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [Em] paddy wondering about Big [D] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me [F#] so.
_ [Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [D] November when he [F#] said I'd never [Bm] have to go.
_ [G] But Lyndon [D] Johnson told [Em] the nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#]
trying [Bm] everyone to [B] please.
_ [G] Though [D] it isn't really [E] war, we're sending 50 [Bm],000 more to help [C#m] save [F#m] Vietnam [Bm] from Vietnamese. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
[A] [Bm] I got a letter from LBJ, [Em] it said this is your lucky day, [Bm] it's [F#m] time to put your khaki [Bm] trousers [F#m] on.
[Bm] Though it may seem very queer, [Em] we've got no job to give you here, [Bm] so we [F#m] are sending you to [Bm] Vietnam. _ _
_ [G] Lyndon [D] Johnson told the nation, [Em] have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [F#m] trying everyone [B] to please. _
[G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam [A] from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _
[Bm] I jumped off the old troop ship [Em] and sank and mud up to my hips, [Bm] I [F#m] cussed until the captain called [Bm] me [F#m] down. _
_ [Bm] Never mind how hard it's [Em] raining, think of all the ground we're [Bm] gaining, just don't take [F#] one step outside [Bm] of town. _
[G] _ Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have [Bm] no fear of escalation, I am [F#] trying everyone [B] to please. _
_ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [Bm] Every night the local [Em] gentry slip out [Bm] past the sleeping sentry, they go out [F#] to join the old [Bm] VC.
_ [F#] _ [Bm] In their nightly little [Em] dramas, they put on their black [Bm] pajamas and come [F#] lobbing mortar shells [Bm] at me.
_ [G] What Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no fear [Bm] of escalation, I am [C#m] trying everyone [B] to please.
_ _ [G] Though it [D] isn't really war, [Em] we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help save [F#m] Vietnam from [Bm] Vietnamese.
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] We'd go around in [Em] helicopters like a bunch of big [Bm] grasshoppers searching [F#] for the Viet [Bm] Cong in vain.
[F#] _
[Bm] They left the note that they had [Em] gone, they had to get down to [D] Saigon, their government [F#] [A] positions [Bm] to maintain. _
[G] And Lyndon [D] Johnson told the [Em] nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#m] trying [B] everyone to please.
_ [G] Though [D] it isn't really [Em] war, we're sending [Bm] 50,000 more to help [F#] save Vietnam from [B] Vietnamese.
[F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] Well here I sit in this rice [Em] paddy wondering about Big [D] Daddy and I [F#] know that Lyndon [B] loves me [F#] so.
_ [Bm] Yet how sadly I [Em] remember way back yonder in [D] November when he [F#] said I'd never [Bm] have to go.
_ [G] But Lyndon [D] Johnson told [Em] the nation, have no [Bm] fear of escalation, I am [F#]
trying [Bm] everyone to [B] please.
_ [G] Though [D] it isn't really [E] war, we're sending 50 [Bm],000 more to help [C#m] save [F#m] Vietnam [Bm] from Vietnamese. _ _ _ _ _
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