John Prine (live version)
Capo III
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Sam Stone came home,
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to his wife and family,
A
after serving in the conflict
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overseas.
And the time that he served,
G
had shattered all his nerves,
A
and left a little shrapnel in his
D
knee.
G
But the morphine eased the pain,
and the grass grew round his brain,
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and gave him all the confidence he
A
lacked;
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with a Purple Heart and a monkey on
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his back.
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There's a hole in daddy's arm where
Em
all the money goes,
G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I
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suppose.
D
Little pitchers have big ears,
Bm
don't stop to count the years,
E7 E
sweet songs never last too long on
A A Asus4 A A
broken radios. Mmm....
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Sam Stone's welcome home,
G
didn't last too long,
A
he went to work when he'd spent his
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last dime
And Sammy took to stealing,
G
when he got that empty feeling,
A
for a hundred dollar habit without
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overtime.
G
And the gold rolled through his veins,
like a thousand railroad trains,
E7
and eased his mind in the hours that
A
he chose;
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while the kids ran around wearin'
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other peoples' clothes...
D
There's a hole in daddy's arm where
Em
all the money goes,
G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I
A
suppose.
D
Little pitchers have big ears,
Bm
don't stop to count the years,
E7 E
sweet songs never last too long on
A A Asus4 A A
broken radios. Mmm....
D
Sam Stone was alone,
G
when he popped his last balloon,
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climbing walls while sitting in a
D
chair
Well, he played his last request,
G
while the room smelled just like
death,
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with an overdose hovering in the air
G
But life had lost its fun,
and there was nothing to be done,
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but trade his house that he bought on
A
the G, I. Bill;
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for a flag draped casket on a local
A
heroes' hill
D
There's a hole in daddy's arm where
Em
all the money goes,
G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I
A
suppose.
D
Little pitchers have big ears,
Bm
don't stop to count the years,
E7 E
sweet songs never last too long on
A A Asus4 A A
broken radios. Mmm....
A Asus4 A D
Mmm....
easy guitar chords, song lyrics, John Prine
