Chords for Johnny Cash - Sam Stone
Tempo:
83.2 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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really great friends of mine and and he's always singing songs by somebody else and I said why
sing your songs he said no to hear this one so he sang me a John Prine song that
back then it's called Sam Stone.
[D] [A] [A]
[B] [E]
Sam Stone came home to his wife and family
[B] after serving in the conflict [E] overseas and the time [B] that he served [A] shattered all his nerves
[B] and left a little shrapnel in [E] his knee but [A] the morphine eased the pain and the grass grew around
sing your songs he said no to hear this one so he sang me a John Prine song that
back then it's called Sam Stone.
[D] [A] [A]
[B] [E]
Sam Stone came home to his wife and family
[B] after serving in the conflict [E] overseas and the time [B] that he served [A] shattered all his nerves
[B] and left a little shrapnel in [E] his knee but [A] the morphine eased the pain and the grass grew around
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E
A
F#
F#m
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A
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really great friends of mine and and he's always singing songs by somebody else and I said why
don't you sing your songs he said no to hear this one so he sang me a John Prine song that
I really loved back then _ it's called Sam Stone. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Sam Stone came home to his wife and family
[B] after serving in the conflict [E] overseas _ and the time [B] that he served [A] shattered all his nerves
[B] and left a little shrapnel in [E] his knee _ but [A] the morphine eased the pain and the grass grew around
his brain [F#] and gave him all the confidence [B] he lacked _ _ with a purple heart [F#] and a monkey on [B] his
back _ _ [E] there's a hole in daddy's arm [F#m] where all the money goes [A] daddy must have heard a lot back [B] then
I suppose _ [E] little pictures have big ears [C#m] don't stop to count the years
sweet songs [F#] never last too long [B] on broken radios
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[E] Sam Stone's welcome home [A] didn't last too long [B] he went to work when he'd spent [E] his last dime _
and Sam took to stealing [A] when he got that empty feeling [B] for a hundred dollar habit without [E] overtime _
[A] and the gold rolled through his veins like a thousand railroad trains and [C#] eased his mind
in the hours [B] that he chose _ while his [C#] kids ran around wearing other [B] people's clothes _
[E] there's a hole in daddy's arm [F#m] where all the money goes _ [A] daddy must have suffered a lot back [B] then
I suppose _ [E] little pictures have big ears [C#m] don't stop to count the years
sweet songs [F#] never last too long [B] on broken radios hmm
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Sam Stone was alone [A] when he popped his last balloon _ [B] climbing the walls while sitting [E] in the chair _
and he breezed at the last request [A] while the room smelled just like death [B] with an overdose hovering
in the [E] air but life had lost its fun and there was nothing to be done but trade his [F#] house that
he bought on a GI [F#m] bill [B] _
[F#] for a black grape casket on a local hero's [F#m] hill [B] there's [E] a hole in daddy's arm
where all the money [F#] goes daddy [A] must have suffered a lot back then [B] I suppose little [B] pictures have big
ears [C#m] don't stop to count the years [F#] sweet songs never last too long [B] on broken radios
[E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ you
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
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really great friends of mine and and he's always singing songs by somebody else and I said why
don't you sing your songs he said no to hear this one so he sang me a John Prine song that
I really loved back then _ it's called Sam Stone. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Sam Stone came home to his wife and family
[B] after serving in the conflict [E] overseas _ and the time [B] that he served [A] shattered all his nerves
[B] and left a little shrapnel in [E] his knee _ but [A] the morphine eased the pain and the grass grew around
his brain [F#] and gave him all the confidence [B] he lacked _ _ with a purple heart [F#] and a monkey on [B] his
back _ _ [E] there's a hole in daddy's arm [F#m] where all the money goes [A] daddy must have heard a lot back [B] then
I suppose _ [E] little pictures have big ears [C#m] don't stop to count the years
sweet songs [F#] never last too long [B] on broken radios
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[E] Sam Stone's welcome home [A] didn't last too long [B] he went to work when he'd spent [E] his last dime _
and Sam took to stealing [A] when he got that empty feeling [B] for a hundred dollar habit without [E] overtime _
[A] and the gold rolled through his veins like a thousand railroad trains and [C#] eased his mind
in the hours [B] that he chose _ while his [C#] kids ran around wearing other [B] people's clothes _
[E] there's a hole in daddy's arm [F#m] where all the money goes _ [A] daddy must have suffered a lot back [B] then
I suppose _ [E] little pictures have big ears [C#m] don't stop to count the years
sweet songs [F#] never last too long [B] on broken radios hmm
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Sam Stone was alone [A] when he popped his last balloon _ [B] climbing the walls while sitting [E] in the chair _
and he breezed at the last request [A] while the room smelled just like death [B] with an overdose hovering
in the [E] air but life had lost its fun and there was nothing to be done but trade his [F#] house that
he bought on a GI [F#m] bill [B] _
[F#] for a black grape casket on a local hero's [F#m] hill [B] there's [E] a hole in daddy's arm
where all the money [F#] goes daddy [A] must have suffered a lot back then [B] I suppose little [B] pictures have big
ears [C#m] don't stop to count the years [F#] sweet songs never last too long [B] on broken radios
[E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ you
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _