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Down in Eutaw, Alabama in Nineteen Sixty-Five
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A young man ‘bout 21,
C G
no different than you or I
Am
He’s catchin’ catfish,
D
and gettin’ drunk
Am
But Uncle Sam called,
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he called him up,
G
Sent him out to Vietnam,
Am
That young man,
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Got his life turned upside down,
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Turned his smile into a frown,
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Robbed that king of his crown,
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For an ideal he didn’t even know about,
[Verse 2]
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He was gamblin’ at the wagon,when that army man showed up,
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And he flashed that pen and paper,
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And ole Fukie he signed up,
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There’s gonna be a big time,
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In the jungle,
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Gonna be a firefight,
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Gonna be a rumble,
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Send me out to Vietnam,
Am
I’ll fight ten men,
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I got nothin’ left in the States for me,
D
I wanna see the world you see,
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I know that Uncle Sam needs me,
G
To fight for an ideal I know nothing about.
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[Verse 3]
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Oh the drop point was dusty and the drill sergeant was loud,
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And he could not see the corpses,
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for the ragin’ dust cloud
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Grab your duffle bags,
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head to the checkpoint
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Welcome to Vietnam boys,
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you’re in for a hell of a fight,
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Take it from the ones who know.
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The army moves slow,
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Hurry up and wait,
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don’t sleep late,
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And learn to hate your brother,
G
Before you hate your foe,
[Verse 4]
D
On patrol out in the rice fields,
C G
Them choppers flew low,
D
Glancing up for the hand signal,
C G
To tell you where to go,
Am
Then the bombs started fallin’
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And they pounded his brain,
Am
And he thought about Eutaw,
D
And who was to blame,
G
For sendin’ him to Vietnam,
