Biography:
Tom Paxton (born Thomas Richard Paxton on October 31, 1937) is an American singer and writer of folk music whose songs have had enduring appeal (and include modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind") known for a cynical, often political edge. In 2009, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Paxton was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Burton and Esther Paxton. The Paxton family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma in 1948, where Tom grew to adulthood and which he still considers home.
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- Born On The Forth Of July
- Daily News
- You Can Eat Dog Food
- Born On The Fourth Of July
- Bottle Of Wine
- Buy A Gun For Your Son
- Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
- Crazy John
- Did You Hear John Hurt
- George W Told The Nation
- Getting Up Early
- Going To The Zoo
- Goodman Schwerner And Chaney
- Hold On To
- I Dont Want A Bunny Wunny
- I Give You The Morning
- Im The Man That Built The Bridges
- In Florida
- It Aint Easy
- Jimmy Newman
- Johhny Got A Gun
- Johnny Got A Gun
- Last Thing On My Mind
- Leaving London
- Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation
- Marvellous Toy
- Marvelous Toy
- My Ladys A Wild Flying Dove
- My Son John
- Ramblin Boy
- Susie Most Of All
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Party
- The Willing Conscript
- This World Goes Round And Round
- Wasnt That A Party
- When Annie Took Me Home
- When You Shook Your Long Hair Down
- Yuppies In The Sky
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tab by: Fabian Schild
Artist: Tom Paxton
Title: Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd Fret
Am
I got a letter from L.B.J
Dm
It said, "This is your lucky day"
Am E7 Am E7
It's time to put your khaki trousers on
Am
Though it may seem very queer
Dm
We've got no jobs to give you here
Am E7 Am
So we are sending you to Vietnam
F C
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Dm Am
Have no fear of escalation
E7 Am
I am trying everyone to please
F C
Though it isn't really war
Dm Am
We're sending fifty thousand more
E7 Am E7
To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese
I jumped off the old troop ship
And sank in mud up to my hips
I cussed until the captain called me down
Never mind how hard it's raining
Think of all the ground we're gaining
Just don't take one step outside of town
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation
I am trying everyone to please
Though it isn't really war
We're sending sixty thousand more
To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese
Every night the local gentry
Slip out past the sleeping sentry
They go to join the old V.C.
In their nightly little dramas
They put on their black pajamas
And come lobbing mortar shells at me
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation
I am trying everyone to please
Though it isn't really war
We're sending seventy thousand more
To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese
We go round in helicopters
Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
They left a note that they had gone
They had to get down to Saigon
Their government positions to maintain
Well, here I sit in this rice paddy
Wondering about Big Daddy
And I know that Lyndon loves me so
Yet how sadly I remember
Way back yonder in November
When he said I'd never have to go
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation
I am trying everyone to please
Though it isn't really war
We're sending a hundred thousand more
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
Artist: Tom Paxton
Title: Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd Fret
Am
I got a letter from L.B.J
Dm
It said, "This is your lucky day"
Am E7 Am E7
It's time to put your khaki trousers on
Am
Though it may seem very queer
Dm
We've got no jobs to give you here
Am E7 Am
So we are sending you to Vietnam
F C
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Dm Am
Have no fear of escalation
E7 Am
I am trying everyone to please
F C
Though it isn't really war
Dm Am
We're sending fifty thousand more
E7 Am E7
To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese
I jumped off the old troop ship
And sank in mud up to my hips
I cussed until the captain called me down
Never mind how hard it's raining
Think of all the ground we're gaining
Just don't take one step outside of town
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation
I am trying everyone to please
Though it isn't really war
We're sending sixty thousand more
To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese
Every night the local gentry
Slip out past the sleeping sentry
They go to join the old V.C.
In their nightly little dramas
They put on their black pajamas
And come lobbing mortar shells at me
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation
I am trying everyone to please
Though it isn't really war
We're sending seventy thousand more
To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese
We go round in helicopters
Like a bunch of big grasshoppers
Searching for the Viet Cong in vain
They left a note that they had gone
They had to get down to Saigon
Their government positions to maintain
Well, here I sit in this rice paddy
Wondering about Big Daddy
And I know that Lyndon loves me so
Yet how sadly I remember
Way back yonder in November
When he said I'd never have to go
And Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Have no fear of escalation
I am trying everyone to please
Though it isn't really war
We're sending a hundred thousand more
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese
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