Key: B minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
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It was a long march from cadets
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it was me who drew the card
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We did
Verse 2
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we marched down to the quay
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youngon', strong and clean
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And there's me with me slouch hat,
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my SLR and greens
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Verse 3
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From Vung Tau riding Chinooks
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to the dust at Nui Dat
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choppers now for months
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V.B. and pinups on the lockers
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And an Asian orange sunset
through the scrub
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Verse 4
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why I can't get to sleep?
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dark and a barking M.16?
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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 - I was only nineteen
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Verse 5
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A four week operation,
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any step could be your last one on two legs
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It was a war within yourself
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'til they had you dusted off
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Verse 6
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and the bloke behind me swore
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then a God almighty roar
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Frankie kicked the mine the day that
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God help me - he was goin' home in June
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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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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lyin' screamin' in the jungle
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killed the bloody row
Verse 8
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mention mud and blood and tears
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me never seemed quite real
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And I caught some pieces in my back that I'd
Outro 1
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