Chords for Swamp Dogg - Sam Stone
Tempo:
73.55 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Gm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [A]
[C] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C] Sam [F] Stone came home [Bb] to his wife and family [C] after serving in the conflict [F] overseas.
In the time that he served, it [Bb] had shattered all his nerves [C] and left a little shrapnel
in [F] his knee.
[Bb] But the morphine [F] eased the pain [Bb] and the grass grew [F] around his brain.
[Gm] He [C] was a young man with [Gm] a purple heart and a monkey [C] on his back.
[F] There's a hole in daddy's eye.
[Gm] Well, if [Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
[F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too [C] long on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone's welcome home [Bb] didn't last too long.
[C]
He went to work where he'd spent [F] his last dime.
[Fm] [F] And then Sammy took to stealing [A] when [Bb] he got that empty feeling.
[C] For a hundred dollar habit without [F] overtime.
[Bb] And the gold rolled [F] through his veins [Bb] like a thousand railroad trains.
[Gm]
He eased his [Dm] mind and the power [C] that he chose.
[Gm] While his kids ran around wearing other [C] people's clothes.
[F] There's a hole in daddy's [Gm] eye.
[Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
[F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too long [C] on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone was alone [Bb] when he popped his last balloon.
[C]
Climbing walls while sitting [F] in a chair.
Well, he made his last request [Bb] while the roof smelled just like death.
[C] With an overdose hovering [F] in the air.
[Bb] But life had lost [F] all its fun.
[Bb] Now there's nothing to [F] be done.
[Gm] But free this house that he bought on the [C] GI Bill.
[Gm] For a black trade casket on a local [C] hero's hill.
[F] There's a hole [Gm] [Bb] in daddy's eye.
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
[F] [Bb] [N]
[C] [Bb] [Am]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[C] Sam [F] Stone came home [Bb] to his wife and family [C] after serving in the conflict [F] overseas.
In the time that he served, it [Bb] had shattered all his nerves [C] and left a little shrapnel
in [F] his knee.
[Bb] But the morphine [F] eased the pain [Bb] and the grass grew [F] around his brain.
[Gm] He [C] was a young man with [Gm] a purple heart and a monkey [C] on his back.
[F] There's a hole in daddy's eye.
[Gm] Well, if [Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
[F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too [C] long on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone's welcome home [Bb] didn't last too long.
[C]
He went to work where he'd spent [F] his last dime.
[Fm] [F] And then Sammy took to stealing [A] when [Bb] he got that empty feeling.
[C] For a hundred dollar habit without [F] overtime.
[Bb] And the gold rolled [F] through his veins [Bb] like a thousand railroad trains.
[Gm]
He eased his [Dm] mind and the power [C] that he chose.
[Gm] While his kids ran around wearing other [C] people's clothes.
[F] There's a hole in daddy's [Gm] eye.
[Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
[F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too long [C] on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone was alone [Bb] when he popped his last balloon.
[C]
Climbing walls while sitting [F] in a chair.
Well, he made his last request [Bb] while the roof smelled just like death.
[C] With an overdose hovering [F] in the air.
[Bb] But life had lost [F] all its fun.
[Bb] Now there's nothing to [F] be done.
[Gm] But free this house that he bought on the [C] GI Bill.
[Gm] For a black trade casket on a local [C] hero's hill.
[F] There's a hole [Gm] [Bb] in daddy's eye.
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
[F] [Bb] [N]
Key:Β Β
F
C
Bb
Gm
A
F
C
Bb
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Sam [F] Stone came home [Bb] to his wife and family [C] after serving in the conflict [F] overseas.
In the time that he served, it [Bb] had shattered all his nerves [C] and left a little shrapnel
in [F] his knee.
_ _ [Bb] But the morphine [F] eased the pain [Bb] and the grass grew [F] around his brain.
[Gm] He _ _ _ [C] was a young man with _ [Gm] a purple heart and a monkey [C] on his back.
_ [F] There's a hole in daddy's eye.
[Gm] Well, if _ _ _ [Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
_ [F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too [C] long on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone's welcome home [Bb] didn't last too long.
_ [C]
He went to work where he'd spent [F] his last dime.
[Fm] _ [F] And then Sammy took to stealing [A] when [Bb] he got that empty feeling.
[C] For a hundred dollar habit without [F] overtime.
_ [Bb] And the gold rolled [F] through his veins [Bb] like a thousand railroad trains.
[Gm]
He eased his [Dm] mind and the power [C] that he chose.
_ [Gm] While his kids ran around wearing other [C] people's clothes.
_ [F] There's a hole in daddy's _ [Gm] eye.
_ _ [Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
_ _ [F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too long [C] on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone was alone [Bb] when he popped his last balloon.
[C]
Climbing walls while sitting [F] in a chair.
Well, he made his last request [Bb] while the roof smelled just like death.
[C] With an overdose hovering [F] in the air.
_ [Bb] But life had lost [F] all its fun.
[Bb] Now there's nothing to [F] be done.
[Gm] But free this house that he bought on the [C] GI Bill.
_ [Gm] For a black trade casket on a local [C] hero's hill.
_ _ [F] There's a hole _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] in daddy's eye.
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Sam [F] Stone came home [Bb] to his wife and family [C] after serving in the conflict [F] overseas.
In the time that he served, it [Bb] had shattered all his nerves [C] and left a little shrapnel
in [F] his knee.
_ _ [Bb] But the morphine [F] eased the pain [Bb] and the grass grew [F] around his brain.
[Gm] He _ _ _ [C] was a young man with _ [Gm] a purple heart and a monkey [C] on his back.
_ [F] There's a hole in daddy's eye.
[Gm] Well, if _ _ _ [Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
_ [F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too [C] long on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone's welcome home [Bb] didn't last too long.
_ [C]
He went to work where he'd spent [F] his last dime.
[Fm] _ [F] And then Sammy took to stealing [A] when [Bb] he got that empty feeling.
[C] For a hundred dollar habit without [F] overtime.
_ [Bb] And the gold rolled [F] through his veins [Bb] like a thousand railroad trains.
[Gm]
He eased his [Dm] mind and the power [C] that he chose.
_ [Gm] While his kids ran around wearing other [C] people's clothes.
_ [F] There's a hole in daddy's _ [Gm] eye.
_ _ [Bb]
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
_ _ [F] Little pictures have big ears, [Bb] but don't stop to count the years.
[Gm]
Sweet songs never last too long [C] on broken radios.
[F] Sam Stone was alone [Bb] when he popped his last balloon.
[C]
Climbing walls while sitting [F] in a chair.
Well, he made his last request [Bb] while the roof smelled just like death.
[C] With an overdose hovering [F] in the air.
_ [Bb] But life had lost [F] all its fun.
[Bb] Now there's nothing to [F] be done.
[Gm] But free this house that he bought on the [C] GI Bill.
_ [Gm] For a black trade casket on a local [C] hero's hill.
_ _ [F] There's a hole _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] in daddy's eye.
Jesus Christ died for nothing, [C] I suppose.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [N] _