******************** G.I. JOE *********************

written by Waylon Jennings and Troy Seals

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Verse 1:
      G                                       C/G                  G
	Well he smoked those Camel cigarettes about three packs a day
                                                D                          
	Nicotine stains on his fingers when he'd stretch them out to play
          G                            C/G              G
	That old "Midnight special" is one he loved to do
                                   D                G 
	Then he'd sing "I'm walking the floor over you"


Verse 2:
      G                                     C/G               G 
	TV preachers and welfare checks for him just had no place
                                                       D   
	But he'd take his time to tune real good when he sang "Amazing grace"
                G                          C/G              G       
	He'd say boys i'm old and crazy but i still give a damn
                                              D             G 
	And i still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam


Chorus:
              C/G              G
	He'd drag out that old uniform
               D                        G 
	And say "they used to call me slim"
            C/G                G  
	He never could get it buttoned up
                                      D
	But the pride looked good on him
          G
	He still feels the way he felt
             C/G           G
	Over forty years ago
                              D
	Here's to the old man
                        G 
	Here's to G.I. Joe


Verse 3:
      G                                 C/G                G
	He only sang the old songs,he's standing still in time
                              D                  G 
	"My Phillipino baby",right there on his mind
                                            C/G             G
	Then he'd talk about the big one,the war we didn't lose
                                          D                 G
	He'd pick a little bit like Travis "Re-Enlistment blues"


Chorus.

      G                      D      
	Here's to my old man
                          G
	And all the G.I. Joe's











Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/waylon.html