Guitar chords with lyrics
Sam Stone chords
John Prine (live version)
Capo III
D MajorD
Sam Stone came home,
G+G
to his wife and family,
A augmentedA D MajorD
after serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
G+G
had shattered all his nerves,
A augmentedA D MajorD
and left a little shrapnel in his knee.
G+G
But the morphine eased the pain,
and the grass grew round his brain,
E7E7 A augmentedA
and gave him all the confidence he lacked;
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.
D MajorD 
E minorEm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
G+G A augmentedA
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
D MajorD
Little pitchers have big ears,
B minorBm
don't stop to count the years,
E7E7 E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA 
Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA A augmentedA
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....
D MajorD
Sam Stone's welcome home,
G+G
didn't last too long,
A augmentedA D MajorD
he went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing,
G+G
when he got that empty feeling,
A augmentedA D MajorD
for a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
G+G
And the gold rolled through his veins,
like a thousand railroad trains,
E7E7 A augmentedA
and eased his mind in the hours that he chose;
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
while the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...
D MajorD E minorEm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
G+G A augmentedA
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
D MajorD
Little pitchers have big ears,
B minorBm
don't stop to count the years,
E7E7 E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA A augmentedA
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....
D MajorD
Sam Stone was alone,
G+G
when he popped his last balloon,
A augmentedA D MajorD
climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request,
G+G
while the room smelled just like death,
A augmentedA D MajorD
with an overdose hovering in the air
G+G
But life had lost its fun,
and there was nothing to be done,
E7E7 A augmentedA
but trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill;
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
for a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill
D MajorD E minorEm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
G+G A augmentedA
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
D MajorD
Little pitchers have big ears,
B minorBm
don't stop to count the years,
E7E7 E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA A augmentedA
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD
Mmm....
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