Sam Stone chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

SAM STONE

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Sam Stone came home, to his wife and family
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After serving in the conflict overseas.
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And the time that he served, Shattered all his nerves,
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And left a little shrapnel in his knees.
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But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain,
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And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
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With a purple heart and a monkey on his back.

Chorus:
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There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
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Daddy must have hurt a lot then I suppose.
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Little pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years,
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Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.

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Sam Stone's welcome home Didn't last too long.
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He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
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And soon he took to stealing When he got that empty feeling
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For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
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And the gold roared through his veins Like a thousand railroad trains,
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And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
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While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

Chorus:
     G+G                 C majorC
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
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Daddy must have suffer a lot then I suppose.
G+G               C majorC
Little pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years,
D MajorD                         G+G C majorC G+G
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
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Sam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon,
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Climbing walls while sitting in a chair.
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And he breath his last request,
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While the room smelled just like death,
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With an overdose hovering in the air. But life had lost it's fun,

And there was nothing to be done,
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But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill,
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For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill