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Sam Stone - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: John Prine
Year: 1971
F
Sam Stone came home,
Bb
To his wife and family
C F
After serving in the conflict overseas.
F
And the time that he served,
Bb
Had shattered all his nerves,
C F Bb F
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
Bb
But the morphine eased the pain,
Bb
And the grass grew round his brain,
G C
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
G C
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.
Chorus:
F Gm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Bb C
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
F
Little pitchers have big ears,
Dm
Don't stop to count the years,
G C
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.
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F
Sam Stone's welcome home
Bb
Didn't last too long.
C F
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
F
And Sammy took to stealing
Bb
When he got that empty feeling
C F Bb F
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
Bb
And the gold rolled through his veins
Bb
Like a thousand railroad trains,
G C
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose,
G C
While the kids ran around wearin other peoples clothes...
(Repeat Chorus)
F
Sam Stone was alone
Bb
When he popped his last balloon
C F
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
F
Well, he played his last request
Bb
While the room smelled just like death
C F
With an overdose hovering in the air
Bb
But life had lost its fun
Bb
And there was nothing to be done
G C
But trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill
G C
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes hill
(Repeat Chorus)
