P T 109 Chords & Lyrics - Jimmy Dean

[C]In forty-three they [F]put to sea

[C]Thirteen men and [G7]Ken-ne-[C]dy

Aboard the P. T. [F]109

To [C]fight the brazen [G7]en-e[C]my

And off the Isle of [F]Olasana

[C]In the straits [G7]beyond the [C]ROO

A Jap destroyer [F]in the night

[C]Cut the One-O-[G7]Nine in [C]two

[G7]Smoke and fire upon the sea

[C]Everywhere they looked was the enemy

[G7]The heathen gods of old Japan Yea they [C]thought

They had the best of a [G7]mighty good [C]man

And on the coast of [F]Kolombangaro

[C]Looking through [G7]his tele[C]scope

Australia's Evans saw the [F]battle

For [C]the crew had [G7]little [C]hope

Two were dead some were [F]wounded

[C]All were clinging [G7]to the [C]bow

Fighting fire and a-[F]fighting water

[C]Trying to save their [G7]lives some[C]how

McMahon the Irishman was [F]burned

[C]So badly he [G7]couldn't [C]swim

Leave me here go on he [F]said

Cause [C]if you don't [G7]we'll all be [C]dead

The P. T. skipper couldn't [F]leave him

[C]A man to die [G7]alone at [C]sea

And with a strap '[F]tween his teeth

[C]He towed the Irishman [G7]through the [C]sea

He led his men through waters d[F]ark

[C]Rocky reefs and [G7]hungry [C]sharks

Braved the enemies [F]bayonets

A [C]thirty-eight [G7]hung around his [C]neck

Four more days and four more [F]nights

[C]A rescue boat [G7]pulled into [C]sight

The P. T. 109 was [F]gone

[C]But Kennedy and his [G7]crew lived [C]on

NC:
Now who could guess or who could possibly know
That this same man named Kennedy would

Be the leader of the [F]nation

Be [C]the one to [G7]take com[C]mand

The P. T. 109 was [F]gone

[C]But Kennedy lived to [G7]fight [C]again

[G7]Smoke and fire upon the sea

[C]Everywhere they looked was the enemy

[G7]But J. F. K. and his crew lived on


NC:
Which proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John