I Was Only Nineteen Tab by Redgum

I Was Only Nineteen tab by Redgum

Guitar Tab

Song: I Was Only Nineteen
Band: Redgum
Tuning: Standard

So this is an awesome aussie song, but theres no tabs on how to
finger pick it so i thought id have a shot at it

intro
  A             C             G             D
|-------0-------------0-------------3-------------2--------|
|---2-----2---2---1-----1---1---3-----3---3---3-----3---3--|
|-----2-----2-------0-----0-------0-----0-------2-----2----|
|-------------------------------------------0--------------|
|-0-------------3------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3----------------------------|  Continued.....

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  A            G             A             A
 --------0------------3-------------0-------------0-------|
 ----2-----2--2---3-----3---3---2-----2---2---2-----2---2-|
 ------2-----2------0-----0-------2-----2-------2-----2---|
 ---------------------------------------------------------|
 --0--------------------------0-------------0-------------|
 ---------------3-----------------------------------------|

Verse
  A             C             G             D
|-------0-------------0-------------3-------------2--------|
|---2-----2---2---1-----1---1---3-----3---3---3-----3---3--|
|-----2-----2-------0-----0-------0-----0-------2-----2----|
|-------------------------------------------0--------------|
|-0-------------3------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3----------------------------|  Continued.....


  A            G             A             A
 --------0------------3-------------0-------------0-------|
 ----2-----2--2---3-----3---3---2-----2---2---2-----2---2-|
 ------2-----2------0-----0-------2-----2-------2-----2---| x2
 ---------------------------------------------------------|
 --0--------------------------0-------------0-------------|
 ---------------3-----------------------------------------|

Chorus
   E             E             D             A
|--------0-------------0-------------2-------------0------|
|----0-----0---0---0-----0---0---3-----3---3---2-----2---2|
|------1-----1-------1-----1-------2-----2-------2-----2--|
|------------------------------0--------------------------| x2
|--------------------------------------------0------------|
|--0-------------0----------------------------------------|

  F#m            E            D             A
|--------2------------0-------------2-------------0-------|
|----2-----2---2---0----0---0---3-----3---3---2-----2---2-|
|------2-----2-------1----1-------2-----2-------2-----2---|
|-----------------------------0---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------0-------------|
|--2-------------0----------------------------------------|

   E                         D
|--------0--------|       |--------2--------|
|----0-----0---0--|       |----3-----3---3--|
|------1-----1----|       |------2-----2----|
|-----------------|x4     |--0--------------|x4
|-----------------|       |-----------------|
|--0--------------|       |-----------------|

yea so their all the parts of the song and you can figure out how
to play it. it looks pretty hard coz of the way i tabbed it, but
they all have basically the same pattern and easy once your used

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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