I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) chords by Redgum
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Mum and dad and Danny saw
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the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
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It was a long match march from cadets
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The sixth battalion was the next to tour and
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it was me who drew the card
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We did Canun gra and Shoalwater
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before we left
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Chorus 1
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And Townsville lined the footpaths
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as we marched down to the quay
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This clipping from the paper shows us
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young and strong and clean
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And there's me in me slouch hat
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with me SLR and greens
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God help me
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I was only nineteen
Verse 2
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From Vung Tau riding Chinooks
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to the dust at Nui Dat
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I'd been in and out of choppers
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now for months
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And we made our tents a home
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V.B. and pinups on the lockers
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And an Asian orange sunset
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through the scrub
Chorus 2
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And can you tell me, doctor
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why I still can't get to sleep?
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And night time's just a jungle dark
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and a barking M-sixteen
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And what's this rash that comes and goes
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can you tell me what it means?
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God help me
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I was only nineteen
Verse 3
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A four week operation when each
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step can mean your last one on two legs
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It was a war within yourself
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But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they
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had you dusted off
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So you closed your eyes
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and thought about somethin' else
Chorus 3
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And then someone yelled out contact
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and the bloke behind me swore
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We hooked in there for hours
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then a God almighty roar
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And Frankie kicked a mine
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the day that mankind kicked the moon
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God help me
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He was goin' home in June
Solo 1
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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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leave in Vung Tau
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And I can still hear Frankie
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lying screaming in the jungle
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'Til the morphine came and killed
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the bloody row
Chorus 4
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And the Anzac legends didn't mention
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mud and blood tears
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And the stories that my father told me
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never seemed quite real
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I caught some pieces in my back
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that I didn't even feel
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God help me
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I was only nineteen
Chorus 5
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And can you tell me, doctor,
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why I still can't get to sleep?
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And why the Channel Seven chopper
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chills me to my feet?
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And what's this rash that comes and goes
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Can you tell me what it means?
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God help me
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I was only nineteen
Outro 1
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I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green)
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