Galveston Bay

D Fifteen years Le Bing Son G D Fought side by side with the Americans A D In the mountains and deltas of Vietnam In '75 Saigon fell G D and he left his command A D And brought his family to the promised land Seabrook Texas and the small towns G D In the Gulf of Mexico A D It was delta country and reminded him of home He worked as a machinist, put his money away G D And bought a shrimp boat with his cousin A D And together they harvested Galveston Bay A D In the mornin' 'fore the sun come up G D He'd kiss his sleepin' daughter A D Steer out through the channel G D G D And casts his nets into the water Billy Sutter fought with Charlie Company G D In the highlands of Quang Tri G D He was wounded in the battle of Chu Lai A D And shipped home in '68 A D There he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds G D In a boat that'd been his father's A D In the morning he'd kiss his sleeping son G D G D And cast his nets into the water G D Billy sat in front of his TV as the south fell G D And the Communists rolled into Saigon He and his friends watched as the refugees came A D Settle on the same streets and worked the coast they grew up on A D Soon in the bars around the harbor was talk G D Of America for Americans A D Someone said, "You want 'em out, you got to burn 'em out" G D And brought in the Texas klan G D One humid Texas night there were three shadows on the harbor A D Come to burn the Vietnamese boats into the sea In the fire's light shots rang out G D Two Texans lay dead on the ground A D Le stood with a pistol in his hand A D A jury acquitted him in self defense G D As before the judge he did stand A D But as he walked down the courthouse steps G D A D G D D A 2/4 D 4/4 G D Billy said "My friend, you're a dead man" G D One late summer night Le stood watch along the waterside Billy stood in the shadows G D His K-bar knife in his hand A D And the moon slipped behind the clouds G D Le lit a cigarette, the bay was as still as glass As he walked by Billy stuck his knife into his pocket G D Took a breath and let him pass A D In the early darkness Billy rose up G D Went into the kitchen for a drink of water A D Kissed his sleeping wife G Headed into the channel D And casts his nets into the water A D Of Galveston Bay D A G e|-3--0--3-| B|-2--2--0-| G|-3--2--0-| D|-0--2--0-| A|----0--2-| E|-------3-|