Sam Stone chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

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 majorA
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 majorA
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 majorA
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA D MajorD
Mmm....


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