Sam Stone Chords by John Prine

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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [D] Sam Stone _ came home [G] to his wife and family _ _ [A] after serving in the conflict [D] overseas. _ _ _ _ _
And the time they served _ _ [G] shattered all his nerves and [A] left a little shrapnel in [D] his knee.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ But [G] the morphine eased the pain and the grass grew around his brain.
_ [E] And gave him all the confidence [A] he'd lack.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] With a purple heart and a monkey [A] on his back.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] [D] There's a hole in daddy's arm _ where [Em] all the money goes.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Jesus Christ died for [A] nothing, I suppose.
_ _ _ _ [D] Little pictures have big ears.
Don't [Bm] stop to count the years.
_ [E] Sweet songs never last too [A] long on broken _ _ radios.
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[G] Sam _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Stone's welcome home _ _ [G] didn't last too long.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
He went to work when he'd spent his [D] last dime. _ _ _ _ _ _
Sammy took to stealing _ [G] when he got that empty feeling.
_ [A] For a hundred dollar habit [Em] _ [A] without [D] overtime. _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] And the gold rolled through his veins like a thousand railroad trains.
_ [E] And eased his mind in the hours that [A] he chose. _ _
_ _ _ While the [E] kids ran around wearing other _ [A] people's clothes. _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] [D] There's a hole in daddy's arm where [Em] all the money goes. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Jesus Christ _ died for nothing, [A] I suppose. _
_ _ _ [D] Little pictures have big ears.
_ [Bm] Don't stop to count the years.
_ [E] Sweet songs never last too [A] long on broken _ _ radios.
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[G] Sam _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Stone was alone _ when he [G] popped his last balloon.
_ _ _ [A] _
Climbing walls while sitting in [D] a chair.
_ _ _ _ Well he played his last request _ [G] while the room smelled just like death.
Well [A] an overdose _ _ [G] hovered [A] [D] in the air. _
_ _ _ _ [G] The life had lost its fine _ and there was nothing to be done.
_ _ [E] Betrayed his house, well he bought on a GI [A] bill. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Bought a flag-draped casket on a local _ [A] hero's hill. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [D] There's a hole in daddy's arm where all [Em] the money goes. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Jesus Christ died for nothing, [A] I suppose. _
_ _ _ [D] Little pictures have big ears.
_ [Bm] Don't stop to count the years.
_ [E] Sweet songs never last too [A] long on broken _ _ radios.
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