Sam Stone chords by
Al Kooper

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

Dsus4

Verse 1
G G 
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Sam Stone came
C C 
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home to his wife and family
D D 
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G G 
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After serving in the conflict overseas
And in the time that he had served
C C 
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It had shattered all his nerves
D D 
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G G 
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And it left a little shrapnel in his knee

Verse 2
C C 
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G G 
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But the morphine eased the pain
C C 
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G G 
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And the grass grew round his brain
Am Am 
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And it eased his mind in the
hours that it shows
D D 
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While his kids ran around wearing
Am Am 
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other peoples' clothes
D D 
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Verse 3
refrain:
G G 
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There's a hole in daddy's arm
Am Am 
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C C 
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where all the money goes
D D 
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Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose
G G 
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Little pitchers have big ears
C C 
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But don't you stop to count the years
Am Am 
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Sweet songs never last too
D D 
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long on broken radios
Mmm
Eb Eb 6
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Verse 4
Ab Ab 4
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Sam Stone's welcome home
Db Db 4
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didn't last too long
Eb Eb 6
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No, he went to work after
Ab Ab 4
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he spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
Db Db 4
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When he  get' that empty feeling
Eb Eb 6
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For a hundred dollar habit
without overtime
Ab Ab 4
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Verse 5
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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And the cold rolled through his veins
Db Db 4
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Ab Ab 4
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Like a thousand railroad trains
Bbm Bbm 
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And it eased his mind in the
Eb Eb 6
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hours that it shows
Bbm Bbm 
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While his kids  ran around wearing other peoples'

Interlude 1

clothes

Bbm

Verse 6
Eb Eb 6
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E E 
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refrain
A A 
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Sam Stone was alone when
D D 
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he broke his last balloon
E E 
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Climbing walls while he sat
A A 
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there in a chair
Well, he played his last request
D D 
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While the room stonk just like death
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A A 
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With an overdose just hovering in the air

Verse 7
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A A 
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But life had lost all it's fun
D D 
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A A 
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And there was nothing to be done
Bm Bm 2
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But to trade his home that
E E 
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he bought on the GI bill
Bm Bm 2
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For what, a flag draped casket on
E E 
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a local heroes' hill
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Verse 8

re frain

Interlude 2

Verse 9

Sam Stone, ah

Sam Stone

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