Intro: D#D#D#7
I got a friend named Whiskey Sam
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He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam
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He said is my country just a little off track
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Took ʼem twenty-five years to welcome me back
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But, itʼs better than not coming back at all
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Many a good man I saw fall
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And even now, every time I dream
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I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream
Chorus:
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Drive on, it donʼt mean nothinʼ
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My children love me , but they donʼt understand
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And I got a woman who knows her man
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Drive on, donʼt mean nothinʼ, drive on
I remember one night, Tex and me
Rappelled in on a hot L.Z.
We had our 16ʼs on rock and roll
But, with all that fire, I was scared and cold
We were crazy, we were wild
And I have seen the tiger smile
I spit in a bamboo viperʼs face
And Iʼd be dead , but by Godʼs grace
Chorus.
It was a real slow walk in a real sad rain
And nobody tried to be John Wayne
I came home, but Tex did not
And I canʼt talk about the hit he got
I got a little limp now when I walk
Got a little tremolo when I talk
But my letter read from Whiskey Sam
Youʼre a walkinʼ talkinʼ miracle from Vietnam
Chorus.
