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)