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