The Fish Cheer & (video) (midi)

I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag (Woodstock 1969 version)

Gimme an F ! Gimme a U ! Gimme a C ! Gimme a K !

What’s that spell? (5x)

G D

1. Well, come on all you big strong men,

G

Uncle Sam needs your help again,

D

he’s got himself in a terrible jam,

G

way down yonder in Vietnam.

E A

So put down your books and pick up a gun,

D7 G

we’re gonna have a whole lot of fun.

A D G

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?

D G

Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn next stop is Vietnam !

A D G

And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the Pearly Gates,

E A D G

well, there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee! we’re all gonna die.

D

2. Now, come on, Wall Street, don’t be slow,

G

why, man, this war’s a-go-go,

D

there’s plenty good money to be made,

G

supplyin’ the Army with the tools of the trade.

E A

Just hope and pray, if we drop the bomb,

D7 G

we drop it on the Vietcong.

A D G

And it’s 1, 2, 3, what’re we fighting for?

D G

Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn next stop is Vietnam !

A D G

And it’s 5, 6, 7, open up the Pearly Gates,

E A D G

well, there ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee! we’re all gonna die.

D

3. Now, come on, generals, let’s move fast,

G

your big chance is here at last,

D

now you can go out and get those Reds,

G

‘cause the only good Commie is one who’s dead.

E A

You know that peace can only be won,

D7 G

when we’ve blown ‘em all to kingdom come.

+ CHORUS

D

4. Now, come on, mothers, throughout the land,

G

pack your boys off to Vietnam,

D

come on, fathers, don’t hesitate

G

to send your sons off before it’s too late,

E A

be the first one on your block,

D7 G

to have your boy come home in a box.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Country Joe Mcdonald)