HELLO VIETNAM Recorded by: Johnny Wright Writer: Tom T. Hall CAPO: 4th FRET/KEY: F#/PLAY: D INTRO: D G Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone A7 D Good- bye, my sweetheart, Hello Viet- nam. A7 D America has heard the bugle call A7 D And you know it involves us, one an all G D I don't suppose that war will ever end A7 D There's fighting that will break us up a- gain. CHORUS G D Good- bye, my darling, Hello Viet- nam G A7 A hill to take, a battle to be won G D Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone A7 D Good- bye, my sweetheart, Hello Viet- nam. A ship is waiting for us at the dock America has trouble to be stopped We must stop Communism in that land Or freedom will start sliping thru our hands. NARRATION: (Chorus sung in background) I hope and pray someday the world will learn That fires we don't put out, will bigger burn We must save freedom now, at any cost Or someday, our own freedom will be lost. TAG: D G D Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone A7 D Good- bye, my sweetheart, Hello Viet- nam. SOURCE: 100 ALL-TIME COUNTRY HALL OF FAME HITS 1977 SPRINGBOARD RECORDS/via MCA TVP-1017-KO