Chords for John Prine - Sam Stone (Live From Sessions at West 54th)

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Sam Stone _ came home [Ab] to his wife and family
_ _ [Bb]
after serving in the conflict [Eb] overseas.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the time that he served _ [Ab] has shattered all his nerves
_ [Bb] and left a little shrapnel in [Eb] his knee.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ But the morphine eased the pain,
_ and the grass grew around his brain
_ [F] and gave him all the confidence he [Bb]
lacked
_ _ _ _ _ with a purple heart and a [F] monkey on [Bb] his back.
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There's a hole in daddy's arm _ where [Fm] all the money goes
and _ _ _
_ [Ab] Jesus Christ died for nothing, [Bb] I suppose. _ _ _ _
Little [Eb] pictures have big ears, _ [C] don't stop to count the [Cm] years. _
[F] Sweet songs never last too [Bb] long on broken _ radios.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Sam Stone's welcome home _ didn't [Ab] last too long.
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He went to work when he'd spent his [Eb] last dime. _ _ _ _ _ _
Sammy took to stealing _ when [Ab] he got that empty fill
_ for [Bb] a hundred dollar habit _ _ without [Eb] overtime.
_ _ _ _ _ And [Ab] the gold rolled through his veins _ like a thousand railroad trains
_ [F] and eased his [F] mind in the hours they [Bb]
chose
_ _ _ _ _ [F] while the kids ran around wearing other _ [Bb] people's clothes.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] There's a hole in daddy's arm _ where all [Fm] the money goes
_ and _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] Jesus Christ _ died for nothing, [Bb] I suppose. _ _ _ _
Little [Eb] pictures have big ears, _ don't [Cm] stop to count the years.
_ _ [F] Sweet songs never last too long [Bb] on broken _ _ radios.
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sam Stone was alone _ when he [Ab] popped his last balloon _
climbing _ _ walls while sitting in a [Eb] chair. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, he played his last request _ _ while the [Ab] room smelled just like death
_ with an [Bb] _ overdose [Ab] of room [Bb] in the [Eb] air.
_ [Ab] But [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] life is lost, it's fine, _ and there was nothing to be done.
_ _ [F] Betrayed his house, set it on fire on the [Bb] GI Bill _ _ _
_ _ for a flag-taped casket on a local _ [Bb] hero's hill. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] There's a hole in daddy's arm _ where all [Fm] the money goes
_ and _ _ _ [Ab] _
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [Bb] I suppose.
_ Little _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb]
pictures have big ears, _ [Cm] don't stop to count the years.
_ _ [F]
Sweet songs never last too [Bb] long on broken _ _ radios.
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