Key: F major•
Intro 1
C
Dm
C7/E
F
And the
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time that he served Had
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Bb
shattered all his nerves
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C
F
Left a little shrapnel in his knees But the
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PreChorus 1
And the grass grew round his brain
G
G7
And gave him all the confidence
C
C7
he lacked
G
G7
With a purple heart/ and a monkey on his back
C
C7
There's a
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Chorus 1
Bb
C
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
F
mmh Sam
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Verse 1
And Sammy took to stealing
Bb
C
F
Bb
F
without overtime
PreChorus 2
Like a thousand railroad trains
G
G7
And eased his mind in the hours
C
C7
that he chose
G7
C
C7
wearin' other peoples' clothes
Chorus 2
Bb
C
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
C
F
on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, mmh
Verse 2
C
F
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
C
Bb
C
F
Bb
F
With an overdose hovering in the air
PreChorus 3
There was nothing to be done
G
G7
But trade his house that he bought
C
C7
on the GI bill
G7
C
C7
on a local hero's hill
Chorus 3
Bb
C
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
C
F
on broken radios, mmh-mmh-mmh, mmh
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