"Xmas In February"


	Sam was lyin' in the jungle
	agent orange spread against the sky like marmalade
	Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox
	they were praying to be saved
	Those gooks were fierce and fearless
	that's the price you pay when you invade
	Xmas in February

	Sam lost his arm in some border town
	his fingers are mixed with someone's crop
	If he didn't have that opium to smoke
	the pain would never ever stop
	Half his friends are stuffed into black body bags
	with their names printed at the top
	Xmas in February

	Sammy was a short order cook
	in a short order black and blue collar town
	Everybody worked the steel mill
	but the steel mill got closed down
	He thought if he joined the Army
	he'd have a future that was sound
	Like no Xmas in February

	Sam's staring at the Vietnam Wall
	it's been a while now that he's home
	His wife and kid have left, he's unemployed
	he's a reminder of the war that wasn't won
	He's the guy on the street with the sign that reads
	"Please help send this Vet home"
	But he is home
	and there's no Xmas in February
	no matter how much he saves



intro	{A}{E}{A}{E}	(Sam was -)

	{A}{E}{A}{D}	(- lyin' in the jungle ...)
	{A}{E}{A}{E}	(- gooks were fierce and fearless ...)

	{A}{E}{A}{D}	(- lost his arm in some border town ...)
	{A}{E}{A}{E}	(- friends are stuffed into black body ...)

	{A}{E}{A}{D}	(- was a short order cook ...)
	{A}{E}{A}{E}	(- thought if he joined the Army ...)

guitar	{A}{E}{A}{D}
	{A}{E}{A}{E}

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///// transcribed by Shirou Kouchi (wildside@mtci.or.jp) ///////////
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