Waiste Deep In The Big Muddy Chords & Lyrics - Pete Seeger

IT WAS [Am]BACK IN N[Am/B]INETEEN [Am/C]FORTY-T[Am/B]WO,
I WAS A [Am]MEMBER OF A [Em]GOOD P[Am]LATOON.
WE WER[Am]E ON MANE[Am/B]UVERS IN[Am/C] -A LOOZ[Am/B]IANNA,
ONE N[Am]IGHT BY THE LIGH[D7]T OF THE [E]MOON.
THE [Am]CAPTAIN T[Am/B]OLD US T[Am/C]O FORD [Am/B]A RIVER,
[Am]THAT'S HOW IT [D7]ALL BEG[E]UN.
[E] [Am] -(mute)
WE WERE -- KNEE DEEP IN THE BIG MUDDY,
[Am] [E] [Am] [G] [F] [E] (or [Am] [Am]/G [Am]/F [E])
AND THE BIG FOOL SAID TO PUSH ON.

--Pete plays this thumb-picking the base notes sorta as follows ...

[Am] [Am/B] [Am/C] [Am/B] [Am] [Em] [Am]
E-----0------0------0------0------0------0-----0--------------------|
B-----1------1------1------1------1------0-----1--------------------|
G-----2------2------2------2------2------0-----2--------------------|
D-----2------X------X------X------2------2-----2--------------------|
A---0------2------3------2------0--------2-----0--------------------|
E-------------------------------------0-----------------------------|

Tabbed by cbeck