Intro E B A E Verse 1 E B I was 17, just a teenage kid, A E The year that I enlisted. B I can’t remember why I did, A E My mom said that I insisted. A E I had some strange idea then, (walk down to) B That Uncle Sam was right. E B Oh momma cried, but she signed A E the card, And then I went off to fight. Verse 2 B Got off the plane in Vietnam, A E It didn’t seem like war. B With all I saw I started to wonder A E what I had come there for. A E Some officers got drunk at night, A F#m B and cheated on their wife’s. E B And the peasants on the other side, A E where just struggling for their lives. Verse 3 B Oh the army tried some fancy stuff, E to bring them to their knees. B Like Agent Orange defoliant, A E to kill the brush and tress. A E We’d hike all day on jungle trails, A F#m B through clouds of poison spray. E B And they never told me then, A E that it would hurt my health today. Chorus 1 A E But I got the news this morning, A G#m B yeah, the doctors told me so. E B They killed me in Vietnam, A E and I didn’t even know. Verse 4 B Now I tried hard to forget the war A E like everybody did. B Settled down, got married A E even had a of couple kids. A E Well my children both had birth defects, A F#m B and the doctors had their doubts. E B They never could understand it, A E but I think I figured it out. Chorus 2 A E cause I got the news this morning, B yeah, the doctors told me so. E B They killed me in Vietnam, A E and I didn’t even know. Verse 5 B This Agent Orange from Vietnam, E we carry it with us still. B It stays inside for years and years A F#m E before it starts to kill. A E You might get cancer of the liver; F#m B you might get cancer of the skin. E B You can file for disability, A E but you might not live to win. Chorus 3 A F#m E Oh I got the news this morning yeah, A F#m B the doctors told me so. E B They killed me in Vietnam, A E and I didn’t even know. Verse 6 B Oh the doctor said I got some time, A E trying to be kind. B I’ve never been a radical, E but this has changed my mind. Outro A F#m E Oh I’d be so proud to hear my kids B say hell no I won’t go, E B Because you killed my dad in Vietnam, A E and he didn’t even know. A E Yes I’d be so proud to hear my kid B say hell no I won’t go, E B Because you killed my dad in Vietnam A E and he didn’t even know.