Big Time in the Jungle — Old Crow Medicine Show

Chords and lyrics for Big Time in the Jungle by Old Crow Medicine Show (key of G).

Verse 1

Down in [D]Eutaw, Alabama in [C]Nineteen [G]Sixty-Five
A [D]young man ‘bout 21,
no [C]different than you or [G]I
He’s catchin’ [Am]catfish,
and gettin’ [D]drunk
But Uncle [Am]Sam called,
he called him [D]up,
Sent him out to [G]Vietnam,
That young [Am]man,
Got his [D]life turned upside down,
Turned his [D]smile into a frown,
Robbed that [D]king of his crown,
For an ideal he didn’t even know [G]about,

Verse 2

He was [D]gamblin’ at the wagon,when [C]that army man showed [G]up,
And he [D]flashed that pen and paper,
And [C]ole Fukie he signed [G]up,
There’s gonna be a [Am]big time,
In the [D]jungle,
Gonna be a [Am]firefight,
Gonna be a [D]rumble,
Send me out to [G]Vietnam,
I’ll fight ten [Am]men,
I got nothin’ [D]left in the States for me,
I wanna [D]see the world you see,
I know that [D]Uncle Sam needs me,
To fight for an ideal I know nothing [G]about.

Instrumental

[D] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [Am] [D] [Am] [D] [G]

Verse 3

Oh the [D]drop point was dusty and the [C]drill sergeant was [G]loud,
And he [D]could not see the corpses,
for [C]the ragin’ dust [G]cloud
Grab your [Am]duffle bags,
head to the [D]checkpoint
Welcome to [Am]Vietnam boys,
you’re in for a hell of a [D]fight,
Take it from the ones who [G]know.
The army moves [Am]slow,
Hurry up and [D]wait,
don’t sleep [D]late,
And learn to [D]hate your brother,
Before you hate your [G]foe,

Verse 4

On [D]patrol out in the rice fields,
Them [C]choppers flew[G] low,
[D]Glancing up for the hand signal,
To tell you [C]where [G]to go,
Then the bombs started [Am]fallin’
And they pounded [D]his brain,
And he thought about [Am]Eutaw,
And who was to[D] blame,
For sendin’ him to [G]Vietnam,

Outro

[Am] [D] [Am] [D] [G]
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