Sam Stone

Sam Stone easy guitar chords by John Prine

1971Folk
Guitar
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Fret 5

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  • Intro 1

    Sam 
    Stone 
    came 
    home 

    To 
    his 
    wife 
    and 
    family 

    After 
    serving 
    in 
    the 
    conflict 
    over
    seas 

    And 
    the 
    time 
    that 
    he 
    served 

    Had 
    shattered 
    all 
    his 
    nerves 

    Left 
    little 
    shrapnel 
    in 
    his 
    knees 

    Pre-chorus 1
    But 
    the 
    morphine 
    eased 
    the 
    pain 

    And 
    the 
    grass 
    grew 
    round 
    his 
    brain 

    And 
    gave 
    him 
    all 
    the 
    confidence 

    he 
    lacked 

    With 
    purple 
    heart 

    and 
    monkey 
    on 
    his 
    back 

    Chorus 1
    There's 
    hole 
    in 
    daddy's 
    arm 

    where 
    all 
    the 
    money 
    goes 

    Jesus 
    Christ 
    died 
    for 
    nothin' 
    suppose 

    Little 
    pitchers 
    have 
    big 
    ears 

    Don't 
    stop 
    to 
    count 
    the 
    years 

    Sweet 
    songs 
    never 
    last 
    too 
    long 

    on 
    broken 
    radios, 
    mmh-mmh-mmh, 
    mmh 

    Verse 1
    Sam 
    Stone's 
    welcome 
    home 

    Didn't 
    last 
    too 
    long 

    He 
    went 
    to 
    work 

    when 
    he'd 
    spent 
    his 
    last 
    dime 

    And 
    Sammy 
    took 
    to 
    stealing 

    When 
    he 
    got 
    that 
    empty 
    feeling 

    For 
    hundred 
    dollar 
    habit 

    without 
    over
    time 

    Pre-chorus 2
    And 
    the 
    gold 
    rolled 
    through 
    his 
    veins 

    Like 
    thousand 
    railroad 
    trains 

    And 
    eased 
    his 
    mind 
    in 
    the 
    hours 

    that 
    he 
    chose 

    While 
    the 
    kids 
    ran 
    around 

    wearin' 
    other 
    peoples' 
    clothes 

    Chorus 2
    There's 
    hole 
    in 
    daddy's 
    arm 

    where 
    all 
    the 
    money 
    goes 

    Jesus 
    Christ 
    died 
    for 
    nothin' 
    suppose 

    Little 
    pitchers 
    have 
    big 
    ears 

    Don't 
    stop 
    to 
    count 
    the 
    years 

    Sweet 
    songs 
    never 
    last 
    too 
    long 

    on 
    broken 
    radios, 
    mmh-mmh-mmh, 
    mmh 

    Verse 2
    Sam 
    Stone 
    was 
    alone 

    When 
    he 
    popped 
    his 
    last 
    balloon 

    Climbing 
    walls 
    while 
    sitting 
    in 
    chair 

    Well, 
    he 
    played 
    his 
    last 
    request 

    While 
    the 
    room 
    smelled 
    just 
    like 
    death 

    With 
    an 
    overdose 
    hovering 
    in 
    the 
    air 

    Pre-chorus 3
    But 
    life 
    had 
    lost 
    its 
    fun 

    There 
    was 
    nothing 
    to 
    be 
    done 

    But 
    trade 
    his 
    house 
    that 
    he 
    bought 

    on 
    the 
    GI 
    bill 

    For 
    flag-draped 
    casket 

    on 
    local 
    hero's 
    hill 

    Chorus 3
    There's 
    hole 
    in 
    daddy's 
    arm 

    where 
    all 
    the 
    money 
    goes 

    Jesus 
    Christ 
    died 
    for 
    nothin' 
    suppose 

    Little 
    pitchers 
    have 
    big 
    ears 

    Don't 
    stop 
    to 
    count 
    the 
    years 

    Sweet 
    songs 
    never 
    last 
    too 
    long 

    on 
    broken 
    radios, 
    mmh-mmh-mmh, 
    mmh 

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