Sam Stone
John Prine • Key:
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Sam Stone
John Prine
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Sam Stone came home to the
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wife and family after ser
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ving in the
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conflict over
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seas
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And the time that he served had
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shattered all his nerves and
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left a little
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shrapnel in his
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knee
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But the
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morphine eased the pain and the
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grass grew around his brain
And
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gave him all the confidence he
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lacked, with a
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purple heart and a monkey on his
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back
Chorus
There's a
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hole in daddy's arm where all the
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money goes
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And Jesus Christ died for nothing
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I suppose
Little
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pictures have big ears, don't
Bm
stop to count the years
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Sweet songs never last too long on
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broken radios hmm
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hmm hmm
Sam
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Stone's welcome home didn't
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last too long, he
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went to work when he'd
A7
spent his last
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dime
And
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Sammy took to stealing when he
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got that empty feeling for a
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hundred dollar
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habit without over
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time
And the
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gold rolled through his veins like a
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thousand railroad trains
And
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eased his mind in the hours that he
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chose while the
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kids ran around wearing other peoples
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clothes
Chorus
Sam
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Stone was alone when he
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popped his last balloon
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climbing walls while
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sitting in a
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chair
Well he
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played his last request while the
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room smelled just like death with an
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overdose
A7
hovering in the
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air
But
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life had lost its' fun and there was
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nothing to be done
But
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trade his house that he bought on a GI
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bill for a
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flag draped casket on a local heroes
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hill
Chorus
Speed