Sam Stone came home,
DOTo the wife and family
RE SOLAfter serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
DOHad shattered all his nerves,
RE SOLAnd left a little shrapnel in his knees.
But the morhpine eased the pain,
DOAnd the grass grew round his brain,
LA RE RE7And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a purple heart and a monkey on his back.
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose.
SOLLittle pitchers have big ears,
DODon't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And soon he took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
And the gold roared through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...
CHORUS
Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon,
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair.
Well, he played his last request,
While the room smelled just like death,
With an overdose hovering in the air.
But life had lost it's fun,
There was nothing to be done,
But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill,
For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill.
Credit where credit is due: I got the words from a lyrics ftp site and
am sitting here on a Saturday night with guitar and PeeC in hand transcribing
the chords when John Prine himself is playing in concert not 40 miles from
here at this very moment. Gosh I feel empty.
WORDS Transcribed by Rich Kulawiec, rsk@ecn.purdue.edu
CHORDS by Walt Dabell
Sam Stone came home,
DOTo the wife and family
RE SOLAfter serving in the conflict
..overseas.
SOLAnd the time that he served,
Had shattered all his nerves,
REAnd left a little shrapnel in his
SOL..knees.
But the morhpine eased the pain,
DOAnd the grass grew round his
..brain,
LAAnd gave him all the confidence he
RE RE7..lacked,
With a purple heart and a monkey
RE RE7..on his back.
CHORUS
There's a hole in daddy's arm
DO..where all the money goes,
RE SOLJesus Christ died for nothin I
..suppose.
SOLLittle pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
RESweet songs never last too long on
SOL DO SOL..broken radios.
Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent
..his last dime
And soon he took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without
..overtime.
And the gold roared through his
..veins
Like a thousand railroad trains,
And eased his mind in the hours
..that he chose,
While the kids ran around wearin'
..other peoples' clothes...
CHORUS
Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon,
Climbing walls while sitting in a
..chair.
Well, he played his last request,
While the room smelled just like
..death,
With an overdose hovering in the
..air.
But life had lost it's fun,
There was nothing to be done,
But trade his house that he bought
..on the GI bill,
For a flag-draped casket on a
..local hero's hill.
CHORUS
Credit where credit is due: I got
..the words from a lyrics ftp site
..and
am sitting here on a Saturday
..night with guitar and PeeC in
..hand transcribing
the chords when John Prine himself
..is playing in concert not 40
..miles from
here at this very moment. Gosh I
..feel empty.
WORDS Transcribed by Rich
..Kulawiec, rsk@ecn.purdue.edu
CHORDS by Walt Dabell
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