Sam Stone chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: E major•
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
Verse 2
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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 in his knees
Verse 3
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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 confidence he lacked
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With a purple heart and
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a monkey on his back
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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Daddy's muscles hurt a lot
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back then I suppose
Verse 5
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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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On broken radios
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Verse 6
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Sam Stone's welcome home
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Didn't last too long
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He went to work, he'd spent his last dim
Verse 7
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And soon he took to stealing
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When he got that empty feeling
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For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
Verse 8
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And the gold roared 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'
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other peoples' clothes...
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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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Daddy's muscles suffer a lot
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back then 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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on broken radios.
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Verse 9
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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 sitting
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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 hovering in the air.
Verse 10
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But life had lost it's fun,
There was nothing to be done,
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But trade his house that he
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bought on the GI bill,
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For a flag- draped casket on
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a local hero's hill.
Verse 11
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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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Daddy's muscles suffer a lot
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back then 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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Outro 1
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