VIETNAM Chords
by Jimmy Cliff
VIETNAM by Jimmy Cliff is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C F C F Hey!
CHORUS:
C F
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
C F
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
C F
Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam
D7 G C
And this is what he had to say
F
Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon
D7 G C
My time will be up sometime in June
F
Don't forget he said, to tell my sweet Mary
D7 G C
Her golden lips as sweet as cherries
And it came from ...CHORUS
C F
It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
D7 G C
It was addressed from Vietnam
F
Now, Mistress Brown, she lives in the U.S.A.
D7 G C
And this is what she wrote and said
F
"Don't be alarmed" she told me the telegram read
D7 G C
"But Mistress Brown, your son is dead"
And it came from ...CHORUS
(F) C
Somebody please stop that war now! ...SOLO
REPEAT SECOND VERSE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE