Verse
D G D
Oh, I'm weary and I'm harried and I don't know what to do,
A7
There's no end to all the trouble that I'm in.
D G
In the lands that I'm patrollin' revolutions are unrollin',
D A7 D
My antennae can't see any way to win.
G D
I'm the people's best policeman, here to guard them while I fleece them,
G A7
But their sleeping habits aren't really fair.
D D7 G A7 D
And I recently have found that the world is really round and the little men are movin' everywhere.
[Chorus]
G
Leave us alone,
D
Leave us alone,
G A7
Just find yourself a country of your own,
D D7
Lick my boots and kiss my hand
G
And I might not bomb your land,
A7 D
Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.
[Verse 2]
D G D
Oh, once there was a savior and he lived in old Saigon,
A7
And the people really loved our man Diem.
D G
Cardinal Spellman gave him power, helped along by Eisenhower
D A7 D
And professors from the state of Michigan.
G D
He got some ammunition and he crushed his opposition,
G A7
He was bloody, but he wasn't very sharp,
D D7 G A7
'Cause our puppet broke his string, and he thought he'd like to sing,
D
So we issued him a halo and a harp.
[Chorus]
G
Leave us alone,
D
Leave us alone,
G A7
Just find yourself a country of your own,
D D7
Lick my boots and kiss my hand
G
And I might not bomb your land,
A7 D
Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.
[Verse 3]
D G D
Then the generals took over and took over and took over,
A7
There were coups and counter-coups most every week.
D G
But we honored our commitment, why we never missed a shipment,
D A7 D
If we had, they would have sold us up a creek.
G D
But the "Viet Cong" surprised us, they almost terrorized us,
G A7
Did you know their average age is seventeen?
D D7 G
We get poison arrow treatments from those juvenile delinquents,
A7 D
They're the only thing more deadly than Marines.
[Chorus]
G
Leave us alone,
D
Leave us alone,
G A7
Just find yourself a country of your own,
D D7
Lick my boots and kiss my hand
G
And I might not bomb your land,
A7 D
Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.
[Verse 4]
D G D
We're losin' badly on the ground, so we go to the air,
A7
And we drop a couple thousand bombs a day.
D G
But the peasants slowly funnel into the Commie tunnels,
D A7 D
Oh, how I wish the Reds would go away!
G D
We want negotiations to secure this little nation
G A7
And keep the Commie menace out of here.
D D7 G
In Saigon we want a friend; let me see, who shall we send?
A7 D
Hubert Humphrey isn't doing much this year.
[Chorus]
G
Leave us alone,
D
Leave us alone,
G A7
Just find yourself a country of your own,
D D7
Lick my boots and kiss my hand
G
And I might not bomb your land,
A7 D
Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.
[Verse 5]
D G D
Now I see them in the cities and the mountains and the plains,
A7
By coincidence, they're everywhere I roam.
D G
In the hotel elevators I'm beset by demonstrators
D A7 D
And I hear the people shoutin' "Bring Bm Home!"
G D
They're invading Air Force bases and stirring up the races,
G A7
And yelling nasty things at L.B.J.
D D7 G
Yes, the enemy is near; what's that splashing sound I hear?
A7 D
I see sampans out in San Francisco Bay.
[Chorus]
G
Leave us alone,
D
Leave us alone,
G A7
Just find yourself a country of your own,
D D7
Lick my boots and kiss my hand
G
And I might not bomb your land,
A7 D
Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.
[Verse 6]
D G D
My antennae started twitchin', there's a signal comin' in,
A7
And I guess I'll send a million men to war.
D G
We will teach the reds a lesson, stop the peasants from their messin',
D A7 D
They won't call for no elections any more.
G D
Stop harassing our dictators, you're a bunch of dirty traitors,
G A7
And this is not the first time you've been warned.
D D7 G
Stop attacking our Marines, eat our poisoned jelly beans,
A7 D
And don't invade the little land where you were born.
[Chorus]
G
Leave us alone,
D
Leave us alone,
G A7
Just find yourself a country of your own,
D D7
Lick my boots and kiss my hand
G
And I might not bomb your land,
A7 D
Go to sleep and stop your mischief, little man.
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