Sam Stone

Sam Stone easy guitar chords by John Prine

1971Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

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Capo
  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • Dm

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • Dm

  • Intro 1
    G
    Am
    G

    C

    Sam Stone came home
    F

    To his wife and family
    G
    C

    After serving in the conflict overseas

    And the time that he served
    F

    Had shattered all his nerves
    G
    C

    Left a little shrapnel in his knees
    Pre-chorus 1
    F

    But the morphine eased the pain

    And the grass grew round his brain
    D

    And gave him all the confidence
    G

    he lacked
    D

    With a purple heart
    G

    and a monkey on his back
    Chorus 1
    C

    There's a hole in daddy's arm
    Dm

    where all the money goes
    F
    G

    Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
    C

    Little pitchers have big ears
    Am

    Don't stop to count the years
    D

    Sweet songs never last too long
    G
    C

    on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, mmh
    Verse 1
    C

    Sam Stone's welcome home
    F

    Didn't last too long
    G

    He went to work
    C

    when he'd spent his last dime

    And Sammy took to stealing
    F

    When he got that empty feeling
    G

    For a hundred dollar habit
    F
    G
    C
    F
    C

    without overtime
    Pre-chorus 2
    F

    And the gold rolled through his veins

    Like a thousand railroad trains
    D

    And eased his mind in the hours
    G

    that he chose
    D

    While the kids ran around
    G

    wearin' other peoples' clothes
    Chorus 2
    C

    There's a hole in daddy's arm
    Dm

    where all the money goes
    F
    G

    Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
    C

    Little pitchers have big ears
    Am

    Don't stop to count the years
    D

    Sweet songs never last too long
    G
    C

    on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, mmh
    Verse 2
    C

    Sam Stone was alone
    F

    When he popped his last balloon
    G
    C

    Climbing walls while sitting in a chair

    Well, he played his last request
    F

    While the room smelled just like death
    G
    F
    G
    C
    F
    C

    With an overdose hovering in the air
    Pre-chorus 3
    F

    But life had lost its fun

    There was nothing to be done
    D

    But trade his house that he bought
    G

    on the GI bill
    D

    For a flag-draped casket
    G

    on a local hero's hill
    Chorus 3
    C

    There's a hole in daddy's arm
    Dm

    where all the money goes
    F
    G

    Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
    C

    Little pitchers have big ears
    Am

    Don't stop to count the years
    D

    Sweet songs never last too long
    G
    C

    on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, mmh

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