John Prine – Sam Stone (Guitar)

Capo 3
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Stone_(song) Capo III *
    D
[tab]       G
to his wife and family,

      A                           D
after serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
    G
had shattered all his nerves,

    A                             D
and left a little shrapnel in his knee. 

        G
But the morphine eased the pain,
and the grass grew round his brain,
    E7                             A
and gave him all the confidence he lacked;

       E                  E7            A
with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

          D                                 Em
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,

    G                                  A
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.

       D
Little pitchers have big ears,

      Bm
don't stop to count the years,

      E7                   E                  A   A Asus4 A A
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

    D
Sam Stone's welcome home,

       G
didn't last too long,

   A                                     D
he went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing,
        G
when he got that empty feeling,

      A                                D
for a hundred dollar habit without overtime. 

        G
And the gold rolled through his veins,
like a thousand railroad trains,
    E7                                  A
and eased his mind in the hours that he chose;

          E               E7                     A
while the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

          D                                 Em
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,

    G                                  A
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.

       D
Little pitchers have big ears,

      Bm
don't stop to count the years,

      E7                   E                  A   A Asus4 A A
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

    D
Sam Stone was alone,

        G
when he popped his last balloon,

A                                 D
climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request,
          G
while the room smelled just like death,

        A                        D
with an overdose hovering in the air

    G
But life had lost its fun,
and there was nothing to be done,
    E7                                          A
but trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill;

      E                       E7            A
for a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill

          D                                 Em
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,

    G                                  A
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.

       D
Little pitchers have big ears,

      Bm
don't stop to count the years,

      E7                   E                  A   A Asus4 A A
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

A Asus4 A D
Mmm....
* Alternates: Open D = F G = Bb A = C Asus4 = Csus4 E7 = G7 E = G Em = Gm Bm = Dm Capo I D = E G = A A = B Asus4 = Bsus4 E7 = F#7 E = F# Em = F#m Bm = C#m Open (These chords are not in the original key) D = G G = C A = D Asus4 = Dsus4 E7 = A7 E = A Em = Am Bm = Em Set8