Sam Stone Uke tab by John Prine (Baritone Chords)

8 Chords used in the song: C, F, G, D7, D, Dm, Am, Gsus4

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Year:  1971
Difficulty: 
3.38
(Beginner)
Key: C, GChords
C C
Sam Stone came home,
F F
to his wife and family,
G G C C
after serving in the conflict overseas.

And the time that he served,
F F
had shattered all his nerves,
G G C C
and left a little shrapnel in his knee.
F F
But the morphine eased the pain,

and the grass grew round his brain,
D7 D7 G G
and gave him all the confidence he lacked;
D D D7 D7 G G
with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

C C Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
F F G G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
C C
Little pitchers have big ears,
Am Am
don't stop to count the years,
D7 D7 D D G G G G Gsus4 Gsus4 G G G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

C C
Sam Stone's welcome home,
F F
didn't last too long,
G G C C
he went to work when he'd spent his last dime

And Sammy took to stealing,
F F
when he got that empty feeling,
G G C C
for a hundred dollar habit without overtime.
F F
And the gold rolled through his veins,

like a thousand railroad trains,
D7 D7 G G
and eased his mind in the hours that he chose;
D D D7 D7 G G
while the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

C C Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
F F G G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
C C
Little pitchers have big ears,
Am Am
don't stop to count the years,
D7 D7 D D G G G G Gsus4 Gsus4 G G G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

C C
Sam Stone was alone,
F F
when he popped his last balloon,
G G C C
climbing walls while sitting in a chair

Well, he played his last request,
F F
while the room smelled just like death,
G G C C
with an overdose hovering in the air
F F
But life had lost its fun,

and there was nothing to be done,
D7 D7 G G
but trade his house that he bought on the G G, I. Bill;
D D D7 D7 G G
for a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill

C C Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
F F G G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
C C
Little pitchers have big ears,
Am Am
don't stop to count the years,
D7 D7 D D G G G G Gsus4 Gsus4 G G G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

G G Gsus4 Gsus4 G G C C
Mmm....

Uke tab by , 10 Jul 2013

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