Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
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D-DU-UDU
IT WAS BACK IN NINETEEN FORTY-TWO,
I WAS A MEMBER OF A GOOD PLATOON.
WE WERE ON MANEUVERS IN-A LOOZIANNA,
ONE NIGHT BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.
THE CAPTAIN TOLD US TO FORD A RIVER,
THAT'S HOW IT ALL BEGUN.
WE WERE -- KNEE DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY,
(or /G /F )
AND THE BIG FOOL SAID TO PUSH ON.
--Pete plays this thumb-picking the base notes sorta as follows ...
Am
E-----0------0------0------0------0------0-----0--------------------|
B-----1------1------1------1------1------0-----1--------------------|
G-----2------2------2------2------2------0-----2--------------------|
D-----2------X------X------X------2------2-----2--------------------|
A---0------2------3------2------0--------2-----0--------------------|
E-------------------------------------0-----------------------------|
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Readable chord sheet for Waist Deep In The Big Muddy by Pete Seeger
IT WAS [Am]BACK IN N[Am/B]INETEEN [Am/C]FORTY-T[Am/B]WO,
I WAS A [Am]MEMBER OF A [Em]GOOD P[Am]LATOON.
WE WER[Am]E ON MANE[Am/B]UVERS IN[Am/C]-A LOOZ[Am/B]IANNA,
ONE N[Am]IGHT BY THE LIGH[D7]T OF THE [E]MOON.
THE [Am]CAPTAIN T[Am/B]OLD US T[Am/C]O FORD [Am/B]A RIVER,
[Am]THAT'S HOW IT [D7]ALL BEG[E]UN.
W[E]E WERE -[Am]- KNEE DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY,
[Am] [E] [Am] [G] [F] [E] (or [Am] [Am]/G [Am]/F [E])
AND THE BIG FOOL SAID TO PUSH ON.
--Pete plays this thumb-picking the base notes sorta as follows ...
[Am] [Am/B] [Am/C] [Am/B] [Am] [Em] [Am]
E-----0------0------0------0------0------0-----0--------------------|
B-----1------1------1------1------1------0-----1--------------------|
G-----2------2------2------2------2------0-----2--------------------|
D-----2------X------X------X------2------2-----2--------------------|
A---0------2------3------2------0--------2-----0--------------------|
E-------------------------------------0-----------------------------|