Sam Stone chords by
John Prine
Nathaniel Rateliff

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Sam Stone
Came home
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To his wife and family
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After serving in the conflict overseas
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And the time that he served
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Had shattered all his nerves
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And left a little shrapnel
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in his knee
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But the morphine eased the pain
And the grass grew 'round his brain
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And gave him all the
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confidence he lacked
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With a Purple Heart and a monkey
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on his back

Verse 2
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There's a hole in daddy's arm
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where all the money goes
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And Jesus Christ died for nothin',
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I  suppose
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Little pitchers have big ears
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Don't stop to count the years
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E E 
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Sweet songs never last too
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long on broken radios
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Mmm- hmm- hmm- hmm

Verse 3
Sam Stone's welcome home
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Didn't last too long
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He went to work when he'd
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spent his last dime
And soon he took to stealin'
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When he got that empty feelin'
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For a hundred dollar habit
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without overtime
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And the gold rolled through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains
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And eased his mind in the
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hours that he chose
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While the kids ran around wearin'
other people's clothes
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Verse 4
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There's a hole in daddy's arm
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where all the money goes
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And Jesus Christ died for nothin',
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I  suppose
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Little pitchers have big ears
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Don't stop to count the years
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Sweet songs never last too long
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A A 
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on broken radios
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Mmm- hmm- hmm- hmm

Interlude 1

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Verse 5
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Sam Stone was alone
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When he popped his last balloon
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Climbing walls while sittin' in a chair
Well, he played his last request
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While the room smelled just like death
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With an overdose hoverin'
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in the air
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Verse 6
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But life had lost its fun
And there was nothin' to be done
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But trade his house that he
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bought on the G.I. Bill
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For a flag draped casket
on a local heroes' hill
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Verse 7
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There's a hole in daddy's
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arm where all the money goes
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And, Jesus Christ died for nothin',
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I  suppose
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F#m F#m 2
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D D 
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Little pitchers have  big ears
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Don't stop to count the years
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Sweet songs never last too long
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D D 
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on broken radios
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A A 
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Mmm- hmm- hmm- hmm
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Hmm

Outro 1

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