Key: A major•
Intro 1
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C
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D
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Verse 1
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C
Mum and dad and Danny saw
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D
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the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
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A
It was a long match march from cadets
C
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and
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D
it was me who drew the card
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G
We did Canun gra and Shoalwater
Chorus 1
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A
as we marched down to the quay
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young and strong and clean
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E
And there's me in me slouch hat
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with me SLR and greens
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E
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I was only nineteen
Verse 2
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C
From Vung Tau riding Chinooks
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to the dust at Nui Dat
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G
I'd been in and out of choppers
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V.B. and pinups on the lockers
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G
And an Asian orange sunset
Chorus 2
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A
why I still can't get to sleep?
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and a barking M-sixteen
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E
And what's this rash that comes and goes
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can you tell me what it means?
Verse 3
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C
A four week opera tion when each
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step can mean your last one on two legs
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A
It was a war within yourself
C
But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they
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had you dusted off
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and thought about somethin' else
Chorus 3
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and the bloke behind me swore
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then a God almighty roar
F#m
E
And Frankie kicked a mine
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the day that mankind kicked the moon
Solo 1
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Am
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Am
Verse 4
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And I can still see Frankie,
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drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
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On a thirty-six hour rec
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lying screaming in the jungle
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'Til the morphine came and killed
Chorus 4
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mud and blood tears
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never seemed quite real
F#m
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I caught some pieces in my back
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that I didn't even feel
F#m
E
D
I was only nineteen
Chorus 5
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why I still can't get to sleep?
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chills me to my feet?
F#m
E
And what's this rash that comes and goes
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Can you tell me what it means?
Outro 1
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G
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