Sam Stone Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][C][F][G][C]

[Verse 1]
Sam [C]Stone
Came home
To his [F]wife and family
After [G]serving in the conflict overseas
[C]And the time that he served
Had [F]shattered all his nerves
And [G]left a little shrapnel
in his [C]knee[F][C]
But the [F]morphine eased the pain
And the grass grew 'round his brain
And [D]gave him all the
confidence he [G]lacked
With [D]a Purple Heart and a monkey
on his [G]back

[Verse 2]
There's [C]a hole in daddy's arm
[Dm]where all the money goes
[F]And Jesus Christ died for nothin',
[G]I suppose
Little [C]pitchers have big ears
Don't [Am]stop to count the years
[Dm]Sweet [D]songs never last too
long [G]on broken radios
[C]Mmm- [F]hmm- hmm- [G]hmm[C]

[Verse 3]
Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last [F]too long
[G]He went to work when he'd
spent his last [C]dime
And soon he took to stealin'
When [F]he got that empty feelin'
For [G]a hundred dollar habit
without [C]overtime
And the gold [F]rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains
And eased [D]his mind in the
hours that he [G]chose
While [D]the kids ran around wearin'
other people's clothes
[G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
There's a hole in daddy's arm
where all the [Dm]money goes
[F]And Jesus Christ died for nothin',
[G]I suppose
Little [C]pitchers have big ears
Don't [Am]stop to count the years
[D]Sweet songs never last too long
[G]on broken [C]radi[G]os
[C]Mmm- hmm- hmm- hmm

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][G][C]

[Verse 5]
Sam [C]Stone was alone
When [F]he popped his last balloon
[G]Climbing walls while sittin' in a c[C]hair
Well, he played his last request
While the [F]room smelled just like death
With an [G]overdose hoverin'
in [C]the air
[F]

[Verse 6]
[C]
[F]But life had lost its fun
And there was nothin' to be done
But trade [D]his house that he
bought on the [G]G.I. Bill
For [D]a flag draped casket
on a local heroes' hill
[G]

[Verse 7]
[C]There's a hole in daddy's
arm where all the money [Dm]goes
[F]And, Jesus Christ died for nothin',
[G]I suppose
Little pitch[C]ers [Em]have big [C]ears
Don't [Am]stop to count the years
[D]Sweet songs never last too long
[G]on broken [C]radi[G]os
[C]Mmm- hmm- [F]hmm- [G]hmm
[C]Hmm

[Outro 1]
Hmm- hmm- hmm- hmm
[C]