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..