Sammys Song chords by David Bromberg

Chords with lyrics

capo 3rd

Harp Intro:

G+G G/F# E minorEm C majorC B minorBm
G+G G/F# E minorEm C majorC B minorBm


Verse 1:

G+G             G/F#
Somewhere in the south of Spain
E minorEm                      C majorC
Sammy, still sixteen, goes with his uncle for a ride
     B minorBm
The sun is high

Verse 2:

G+G         G/F#
Sailing through the city
E minorEm
For to see the sights and talking sex
        C majorC
Sammy's sitting tall
     B minorBm
The sun is high


Verse 3:

G+G             G/F#
His uncle brings him to a brothel
E minorEm
Being big he buys a drink
C majorC
Rum and coke
       B minorBm
Don't taste too bad


Verse 4:

G+G             G/F#
Having brought him to the brink
E minorEm
His uncle leaves him with his drink
    C majorC
Rum and coke
        B minorBm
Don't taste too bad

Bridge 1:

E minorEm
The girls all gather in a group
            G+G
And give Sammy boy the eye
E minorEm
And stare at him seductively
          G+G
And try to make him buy


Verse 5:

G+G             G/F#
So choosing one that's younger
E minorEm
Better looking than the rest
          C majorC       B minorBm
Sammy speaks no Spanish but she understands


Verse 6:

G+G             G/F#
They go upstairs to buy the room
E minorEm
She wants her money in advance
          C majorC       B minorBm
Sammy speaks no Spanish but he understands


Verse 7:

G+G                  G/F#
And lying on her back upon the bed she beckons
E minorEm         C majorC
Sammy won't lie down yet
      B minorBm
He wants her nude


Verse 8:

G+G           G/F#
Speaking Spanish she refuses him
      E minorEm
At last, afraid of losing him,
             C majorC
She takes off all her clothes
      B minorBm
He wants her nude


Bridge 2:

E minorEm                        G+G
Her hands upon her heart can hardly hide the horrid scars
E minorEm                          G+G
From her shoulder to her waist, her skin is leathery and hard


Verse 9:

G+G           G/F#
She pantomimes an accident
    E minorEm
A augmentedA car, a fire
      C majorC
Not so long ago
      B minorBm
His eyes are wide


Verse 10:

G+G               G/F#
She moves to put her clothes back on
      E minorEm
But he won't let her go
      C majorC
He lies her down
     B minorBm
His eyes are wide


Verse 11:

G+G          G/F#
And lightly, like a Lover
          E minorEm             C majorC
Sammy lets his lips caress the leather of her breast
     B minorBm
His brain is numb


Verse 12:

G+G           G/F#
Moved by some far distant mind
            E minorEm
He makes himself her bride-groom
          C majorC
Sammy's hardly there at all
      B minorBm
His brain is numb


Bridge 3:

E minorEm
She moves to take him in now
               G+G
But her hand finds him still slack
E minorEm
So she sucks to make him hard
              G+G
And then again lies on her back


Verse 13:

G+G             G/F#          E minorEm
And Sammy does the deed to silent screaming in his skull
         C majorC
The scars surround him
     B minorBm
Is this all real?


Verse 14:

G+G             G/F#
Schizophrenic, Sammy sees himself
E minorEm           C majorC
Outside his body and his brain
     B minorBm
Is this all real?


Verse 15:

G+G           G/F#       E minorEm
And back at the hotel he has to heal himself
          C majorC
But all he does is shake
        B minorBm
And shake some more


Verse 16:

G+G           G/F#    E minorEm
Without the grace of tears or sickness
               C majorC
Sammy sucks it all inside and shakes
       B minorBm
And shakes some more


Harp Outro:

G+G G/F# E minorEm C majorC B minorBm