Rescue Mission - guitar chords and comments

Lyrics without distraction HERE

This song appears on Kris Kristofferson's fifth album "Spooky Lady's Sideshow"(1975), describing obscure situations from the Vietnam War. Despite solid material and good production, the album flopped as the first one of Kristofferson's, starting a decline both as a recording artist and songwriter. From 1975, he's better renowned as an actor, though still writing, recording and touring.   The song is credited Kristofferson, Roger McGuinn, Bob Neuwirth and Seymour Cassell. I expect McGuinn to be the one behind the tune and arrangement. What Cassell's part of the contribution is, I've never found out. The 1935-born actor with that name, is never mentioned anywhere in musical context ... maybe it's another guy? (Well, SC acted as Govenor Jerry Haskins in "Convoy", 1978, starring KK and Ali McGraw. Maybe they were friends; we can't ask them; they're both gone!)

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the captain touched his swagger stick up to his golden eye
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and boogied through the vestibule while bidding us goodbye
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the enemy surrounds us and our spirit's almost gone
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the devil take the cavalery that sold us for a song