The fish cheer

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,
                D                                      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,
            D                         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,
                          D                                     G
    when we’ve blown ‘em all to kingdom come.
 
+ CHORUS     (+ spoken passage)   + 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.          + CHORUS
 
 (orig. = capo 2nd)    (Country Joe & The Fish)