Standard (EADGBE)

Well, come on all of you big strong men

  Uncle Sam needs your help, again

  He got himself in a terrible jam

  Way down yonder in Vietnam

  Put down your books and pick up a gun

  We're gonna have a whole lotta fun

  And it's 1 - 2 - 3, what are we fightin' for?

  Don't ask me I don't give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam

  And it's 5 - 6 - 7, open up the pearly gates

  Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

  whoopee! - we're all gonna die

  Now come on Wall Street, don't be slow

  Why man, this's war a-go-go

  There's plenty good money to be made

  Supplyin' the army with the tools of the trade

  Just hope and pray that when they drop the bomb

  They drop it on the Viet Cong

  And it's 1 - 2 - 3, what are we fightin' for?

  Don't ask me I don't give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam

  And it's 5 - 6 - 7, open up the pearly gates

  Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

  whoopee! - we're all gonna die

  Now come on generals, let's move fast

  Your big chance is here at last

  At night you go out and get those reds

  Cause the only good commie is one that's dead

  You know that peace can only be won

  When you blow 'em all to kingdom come

  And it's 1 - 2 - 3, what are we fightin' for?

  Don't ask me I don't give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam

  And it's 5 - 6 - 7, open up the pearly gates

  Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

  whoopee! - we're all gonna die

*Interlude* (verse)

  And it's 1 - 2 - 3, what are we fightin' for?

  Don't ask me I don't give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam

  And it's 5 - 6 - 7, open up the pearly gates

  Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

  whoopee! - we're all gonna die

  Now come on mothers throughout the land

  Pack your boys off to Vietnam

  Come on fathers, don't hesitate

  Send your sons off before it's too late

  Be the first one on your block

  To have your boy come home in a box

  And it's 1 - 2 - 3, what are we fightin' for?

  Don't ask me I don't give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam

  And it's 5 - 6 - 7, open up the pearly gates

  Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

  whoopee! - we're all gonna die...