Jimmy Newman

by Tom Paxton
sung by John Denver
from Take Me To Tomorrow (1970)


 C                        F          C
Get up Jimmy Newman, the morning is come.
     
The engines are rumbling.
     Bb            C
The coffee's all brewed.
 C                            F          C
Get up Jimmy Newman, there's work to be done.
      Bb                         G
And why do you lie there still sleeping.
           C
There's a waiting line forming
   F
To use the latrine.
         C                        G
And the sun is just opening the skies.
      C                        F              C             
The breakfast they're serving just has to be seen.
           Bb                C
And you've only to open your eyes.

 C                      F      C
Get up Jimmy Newman my radio's on.
                               Bb          C
The news is all bad, but it's good for a laugh.
     C                          F           C
The tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone.
      Bb                         G
And why do you lie there still sleeping.
     C
The night nurse is gone
         F
And the sexy one's here.
         C                       G
And she tells us such beautiful lies.
    C
Her uniform's tight.
        F         C
Oh her marvelous rear.
           Bb                C
And you've only to open your eyes.

 C                          F           C
Get up Jimmy Newman you're missing the fun.

They're talking us next, Jim. 
      Bb         C
It's time to go home.
     C                       F          C
It's over for us there's no more to be done.
      Bb                         G
And why do you lie there still sleeping.
       C
It's state side for us, Jim.
     F
The folks may not know.
           C                    G
And we'll let it be such a surprise.
         C                          F        C             
They're loading us next, Jim we're ready to go.
           Bb                C
And you've only to open your eyes.
           Bb                C
And you've only to open your eyes.
    Bb                 C
Get up Jimmy open your eyes.