A5 I jumped straight at it when I had the chance, D5 F5 I joined the army and I went to France E5 B5 A5 At Roose velt's request. A5 Two weeks of sitting in the mud D5 F5 Made me lie to the man that I could drive a truck E5 B5 A5 For the Red Ball Express. Ref. F5 All we do is keep it rolling on D5 Trading bodies for petroleum C5 Heating rations on the manifold E5 And never sleep enough to dream about home A5 Benzedrined and looking through cat eyes D5 F5 Of a deuce and a half and a days supply E5 B5 A5 Of jerry cans in back A5 Aint no secret how the generals felt. D5 F5 Fuck the men they can eat their belts E5 B5 A5 but the tanks they must have gas" Ref. F5 All we do is keep it rolling on D5 Trading bodies for petroleum C5 Heating rations on the manifold E5 And never sleep enough to dream about home Vers. A5 The gears are sticking and the pressure's low D5 F5 I felt the bump that means its time to go E5 B5 A5 Another twenty miles. A5 Thirty-six hours and I still ain't slept D5 F5 I'm hearing voices talk inside my head E5 B5 A5 In Burma Shaving rhyme Ref. F5 All we do is keep it rolling on D5 Trading bodies for petroleum C5 Heating rations on the manifold E5 Even now I've never felt that old Vers. A5 Because fifty years later and you don't forget D5 F5 Being eighteen and scared to death E5 B5 A5 In a world that's changing fast A5 Now my own son sends his own son off D5 F5 To fight the next fight to be fought E5 B5 A5 And the Red Ball brings me back..