Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[F]It was[E] bac[Am]k in 1942,
I was a member of a good platoon
We were on manoeuvres in [C]Louisi[Am]ana
one night by the light of the [E]moon
The [Am]captain told us to ford a river,
that's [Dm]how it all [E]begun
We were [Am]knee -deep in the big [E]muddy,
but the big fool said to push
[Am]on[F][E][Am][F][E]
[Am]Sergeant said, sir,
are you sure this is the best way
back to the base?
Sergeant, go on, I thought of this river
about a mile above this [E]place
It'll [Am]be a little slogging,
but just keep slogging,
we'll soon be on dry [E]ground
We were [Am]waist -deep in the big [E]muddy
And the big fool said to push
[Am]on[F][E][Am][F][E]
Ser[Am]geant said, sir, with all this equipment
No man will be [E]able [Am]to swim
Sergeant, don't be a nervous nelly
The captain said to [E]him
All [Am]we need's a little det[C]ermina[Am]tion
Men, fol[Dm]low [Am]me, I'll lead o[E]n
We were [Am]neck deep in the big muddy
[E]and the big fool said to push
[Am]on[F][E][Am][F][E]
All [Am]at once the moon clouded over
we heard a gurgling cry
[E]A f[Am]ew seconds later the
captain's helmet
was all that floated by
[E]The ser[Am]geant said, tur[C]n aro[Am]und men
I'm in charge [Dm]from [E]now on
And we had [Am]just made it
out of the Big Muddy
with the captain dead and gone
[E]We [Am]stripped and dived,
found his body stuck in the old quicksand
I guess he didn't know
that the [C]water [Am]was deeper
than the place he'd once before [E]been
An[Am]other stream had joined
the Big Muddy
about a half [Dm]mile from [Am]where [E]we'd gone
We were [Am]lucky to escape
from the Big [E]Muddy
when the big fool said,
[Am]Pusho![F][E][Am][F][E][Am][F][E][Am][F]
[E]Wel[Am]l, I'm not gonna point an immoral,
I'll leave that for your[E]self
[Am]Maybe you're still walking,
you're still talking,
you'd like to keep your [E]health
[Am]But every time I r[C]ead [Am]the papers,
[Dm]that old feeling comes[F] on[E]
[Am]We're waist deep in the big muddy
[E]and the big[Am] fool says to push on
Waist deep in the big muddy
and the big fool says to push [E]on
[Am]Waist deep, [D]neck deep, [Am]soon
[Dm]even the tall man will be [Am]over his head
Waist deep in the big muddy
and the big fool [Am]says to push on
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You
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