Chords for I Was Only 19 - The Lancer Band (Australian Army)
Tempo:
85.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
Am
G
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [C] [G] [D] [Am]
[G] [Am] Mum and Dad [C] and Danny saw the [G] passing out [D] parade at [Am] Pakopaneo.
It was [G] a long [D] march from [Am] cadets.
And the 6th [C] Battalion was the next to [G] tour and it was me who [D] drew the card.
We did [Am] Canungra, [G] Shoalwater [Am] before we left.
[E] And Townsville lined the [D] footpaths as we marched [A] down to the quay.
[E] This clipping from the paper [D] shows us young and [A] strong and clean.
[F#m] And there's me [E] in my slouch [D] hat with my [A] SLR in Greece.
[E] God help me, I was [F#] only [D] 19.
[Am] From Vung Tau [C] riding chinnels [G] to the dust in [D] New Eden.
[Am] I've been in and [G] out of choppers [Am] now for months.
We made our [C] tents a home, they'd [G] be with pinups on [D] the lockers.
[Am] And an Asian [G] orange sunset through [Am] the squall.
[E] And can you tell me doctor why [D] I still can't [A] get to sleep?
[E] And night time's just a jungle dark [D] in a barking [A] M16.
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes and goes, [D] can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, I was only [D] 19.
[Am] A four week [C] operation when [G] each step could mean [D] your last one [Am] on two legs.
[G] It was a war within [Am] yourself, but you wouldn't let [C] your mates down till [G] they had you dusted [D] off.
[Am] So you closed your eyes [G] and you thought about [Am] something else.
[E] Then someone yelled out contact [D] and the blow behind [A] you swore.
[E] We hooked in there for hours [D] then I thought [A] almighty roar.
[F#m] And Frankie [E] kicked a mine the [D] day that mankind [A] kicked the moon.
[E] God help me, he was going home [D] in June.
[A] [Am]
[C] [G] [D] [Am]
[G] [Am] And I can still [C] see Frankie [G] drinking tinnies [D] in the Grand [G] Hotel [Am] on the 36th [G] hour at Glebe [Am] in Vung Tau.
And I can still [C] hear Frankie [G] lying screaming in [D] the jungle [Am] till the morphine [G] came and killed the [Am] bloody row.
[E] And the Anzac legend didn't [D] mention modern [A] varieties.
[E] And the stories that my father [D] told me never [A] seemed quite real.
[F#m] I caught some [E] pieces in my [D] back that I didn't [A] even feel.
[E] God help me, I was [D] only 19.
[E] Man can you tell me doctor [D] why I still can't get [A] to sleep?
[E] And why the channel 7 [D] chopper chills me to [A] my feet?
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes [D] and goes?
Can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, I was only [D] 19.
[Am]
[C] [G] [D] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[Dm]
[G] [Am] Mum and Dad [C] and Danny saw the [G] passing out [D] parade at [Am] Pakopaneo.
It was [G] a long [D] march from [Am] cadets.
And the 6th [C] Battalion was the next to [G] tour and it was me who [D] drew the card.
We did [Am] Canungra, [G] Shoalwater [Am] before we left.
[E] And Townsville lined the [D] footpaths as we marched [A] down to the quay.
[E] This clipping from the paper [D] shows us young and [A] strong and clean.
[F#m] And there's me [E] in my slouch [D] hat with my [A] SLR in Greece.
[E] God help me, I was [F#] only [D] 19.
[Am] From Vung Tau [C] riding chinnels [G] to the dust in [D] New Eden.
[Am] I've been in and [G] out of choppers [Am] now for months.
We made our [C] tents a home, they'd [G] be with pinups on [D] the lockers.
[Am] And an Asian [G] orange sunset through [Am] the squall.
[E] And can you tell me doctor why [D] I still can't [A] get to sleep?
[E] And night time's just a jungle dark [D] in a barking [A] M16.
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes and goes, [D] can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, I was only [D] 19.
[Am] A four week [C] operation when [G] each step could mean [D] your last one [Am] on two legs.
[G] It was a war within [Am] yourself, but you wouldn't let [C] your mates down till [G] they had you dusted [D] off.
[Am] So you closed your eyes [G] and you thought about [Am] something else.
[E] Then someone yelled out contact [D] and the blow behind [A] you swore.
[E] We hooked in there for hours [D] then I thought [A] almighty roar.
[F#m] And Frankie [E] kicked a mine the [D] day that mankind [A] kicked the moon.
[E] God help me, he was going home [D] in June.
[A] [Am]
[C] [G] [D] [Am]
[G] [Am] And I can still [C] see Frankie [G] drinking tinnies [D] in the Grand [G] Hotel [Am] on the 36th [G] hour at Glebe [Am] in Vung Tau.
And I can still [C] hear Frankie [G] lying screaming in [D] the jungle [Am] till the morphine [G] came and killed the [Am] bloody row.
[E] And the Anzac legend didn't [D] mention modern [A] varieties.
[E] And the stories that my father [D] told me never [A] seemed quite real.
[F#m] I caught some [E] pieces in my [D] back that I didn't [A] even feel.
[E] God help me, I was [D] only 19.
[E] Man can you tell me doctor [D] why I still can't get [A] to sleep?
[E] And why the channel 7 [D] chopper chills me to [A] my feet?
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes [D] and goes?
Can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, I was only [D] 19.
[Am]
[C] [G] [D] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[Dm]
Key:
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Am
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A
D
Am
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[Am] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Mum and Dad [C] and Danny saw the [G] passing out [D] parade at [Am] Pakopaneo.
It was [G] a long [D] march from [Am] cadets.
_ And the 6th [C] Battalion was the next to [G] tour and it was me who [D] drew the card.
We did [Am] Canungra, [G] Shoalwater [Am] before we left.
_ [E] And Townsville lined the [D] footpaths as we marched [A] down to the quay.
[E] This clipping from the paper [D] shows us young and [A] strong and clean.
[F#m] And there's me [E] in my slouch [D] hat with my [A] SLR in Greece.
[E] God help me, _ _ _ I was [F#] only [D] 19.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] From Vung Tau [C] riding chinnels [G] to the dust in [D] New Eden.
[Am] I've been in and [G] out of choppers [Am] now for months.
_ We made our [C] tents a home, they'd [G] be with pinups on [D] the lockers.
[Am] And an Asian [G] orange sunset through [Am] the squall.
_ _ [E] And can you tell me doctor why [D] I still can't [A] get to sleep?
[E] And night time's just a jungle dark [D] in a barking [A] M16.
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes and goes, [D] can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, _ _ _ I was only [D] 19.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] A four week [C] operation when [G] each step could mean [D] your last one [Am] on two legs.
[G] It was a war within [Am] yourself, _ _ but you wouldn't let [C] your mates down till [G] they had you dusted [D] off.
[Am] So you closed your eyes [G] and you thought about [Am] something else.
_ [E] Then someone yelled out contact [D] and the blow behind [A] you swore.
[E] We hooked in there for hours [D] then I thought [A] almighty roar.
[F#m] And Frankie [E] kicked a mine the [D] day that mankind [A] kicked the moon.
[E] God help me, _ _ _ he was going home [D] in June.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ And I can still [C] see Frankie [G] drinking tinnies [D] in the Grand [G] Hotel [Am] on the 36th [G] hour at Glebe [Am] in Vung Tau.
_ And I can still [C] hear Frankie [G] lying screaming in [D] the jungle [Am] till the morphine [G] came and killed the [Am] bloody row.
_ _ [E] And the Anzac legend didn't [D] mention modern [A] varieties.
[E] And the stories that my father [D] told me never [A] seemed quite real.
[F#m] I caught some [E] pieces in my [D] back that I didn't [A] even feel.
[E] God help me, _ _ I was [D] only 19.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Man can you tell me doctor [D] why I still can't get [A] to sleep?
[E] And why the channel 7 [D] chopper chills me to [A] my feet?
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes [D] and goes?
Can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, _ _ _ I was only [D] 19.
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ Mum and Dad [C] and Danny saw the [G] passing out [D] parade at [Am] Pakopaneo.
It was [G] a long [D] march from [Am] cadets.
_ And the 6th [C] Battalion was the next to [G] tour and it was me who [D] drew the card.
We did [Am] Canungra, [G] Shoalwater [Am] before we left.
_ [E] And Townsville lined the [D] footpaths as we marched [A] down to the quay.
[E] This clipping from the paper [D] shows us young and [A] strong and clean.
[F#m] And there's me [E] in my slouch [D] hat with my [A] SLR in Greece.
[E] God help me, _ _ _ I was [F#] only [D] 19.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] From Vung Tau [C] riding chinnels [G] to the dust in [D] New Eden.
[Am] I've been in and [G] out of choppers [Am] now for months.
_ We made our [C] tents a home, they'd [G] be with pinups on [D] the lockers.
[Am] And an Asian [G] orange sunset through [Am] the squall.
_ _ [E] And can you tell me doctor why [D] I still can't [A] get to sleep?
[E] And night time's just a jungle dark [D] in a barking [A] M16.
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes and goes, [D] can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, _ _ _ I was only [D] 19.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] A four week [C] operation when [G] each step could mean [D] your last one [Am] on two legs.
[G] It was a war within [Am] yourself, _ _ but you wouldn't let [C] your mates down till [G] they had you dusted [D] off.
[Am] So you closed your eyes [G] and you thought about [Am] something else.
_ [E] Then someone yelled out contact [D] and the blow behind [A] you swore.
[E] We hooked in there for hours [D] then I thought [A] almighty roar.
[F#m] And Frankie [E] kicked a mine the [D] day that mankind [A] kicked the moon.
[E] God help me, _ _ _ he was going home [D] in June.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ And I can still [C] see Frankie [G] drinking tinnies [D] in the Grand [G] Hotel [Am] on the 36th [G] hour at Glebe [Am] in Vung Tau.
_ And I can still [C] hear Frankie [G] lying screaming in [D] the jungle [Am] till the morphine [G] came and killed the [Am] bloody row.
_ _ [E] And the Anzac legend didn't [D] mention modern [A] varieties.
[E] And the stories that my father [D] told me never [A] seemed quite real.
[F#m] I caught some [E] pieces in my [D] back that I didn't [A] even feel.
[E] God help me, _ _ I was [D] only 19.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Man can you tell me doctor [D] why I still can't get [A] to sleep?
[E] And why the channel 7 [D] chopper chills me to [A] my feet?
[F#m] And what's this rash [E] that comes [D] and goes?
Can you tell me what [A] it means?
[E] God help me, _ _ _ I was only [D] 19.
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