Great Society Conflict Veteran’s Blues chords by
John Prine

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Key: E major

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

Verse 2
D D 
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[Chorus] There's a
hole in daddy's arm
A A 
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E E 
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Em Em 
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where all the money goes,
G G 
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Jesus Christ died for
A A 
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nothin' I  suppose.
D D 
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Little pitchers have big ears,
Bm Bm 2
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Don't stop to count the years,
E E 
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Sweet songs never last too
A A 
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long on broken radios.
Mmm
D D 
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Verse 3
A A 
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D D 
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Sam Stone's welcome home
G G 
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Didn't last too long.
A A 
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He went to work when he'd
D D 
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spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
G G 
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When he got that empty feeling
A A 
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For a hundred dollar habit
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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without overtime.
G G 
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And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
E E 
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And eased his mind in the
A A 
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hours that he chose,
E E 
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While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples'

Interlude 1
clothes
A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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A A 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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E E 
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A A 
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D D 
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A A 
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[Chorus] Sam Stone

Verse 4
D D 
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was alone
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A A 
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When he popped his last balloon
D D 
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Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
G G 
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While the room smelled just like death
A A 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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With an overdose hovering in the air
G G 
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But life had lost its fun
And there was nothing to be done
E E 
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But trade his house that he
A A 
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bought on the G. I. Bill
E E 
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For a flag draped casket on a
local heroes' hill.
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