Biography:
Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald (born January 1, 1942) is an American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish.
McDonald was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in El Monte, California, where he was student conductor and president of his high school marching band. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy for three years and was stationed in Japan. After his enlistment, he attended Los Angeles City College for a year.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The Agent Orange Song
Country Joe Mc Donald
Finger picking mostly arpegios
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.
flyinglibra51
God Bless Glen Travis Campbell
Country Joe Mc Donald
Finger picking mostly arpegios
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.
flyinglibra51
God Bless Glen Travis Campbell
