Capo 3rd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
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 ...