Redgum: I Was Only Nineteen (1983)
Intro: Am C G D
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1)
Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing-out parade at Puckapunyal
G (320003@1) AmIt (x02210@1)was a long march from cadets.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DThe (xx0232@1)sixth battalion was the next to tour, and it was me who drew the card.
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmWe (x02210@1)did Canungra, Shoalwater before we left.
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)
And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AThis (x02220@1)clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean.
F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens.
E (022100@1) DGod (xx0232@1)help me, I was only nineteen.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DFrom (xx0232@1)Vung Tau, riding Chinooks, to the dust at Nui Dat
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmI'd (x02210@1)been in and out of choppers now for months.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DBut (xx0232@1)we made our tents a home, VB and pinups on the lockers
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)an Asian orange sunset through the scrub.
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)night-time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16?
F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
E (022100@1) DGod (xx0232@1)help me, I was only nineteen.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) AmA (x02210@1)four week operation when each step could mean your last one on two legs
G (320003@1) AmIt (x02210@1)was a war within yourself.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmBut (x02210@1)you wouldn't let your mates down til they had you dusted off
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmSo (x02210@1)you closed your eyes and thought about something else.
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AThen (x02220@1)someone yelled out "Contact!" and the bloke behind me swore
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AWe (x02220@1)hooked in there for hours, then a Godalmighty roar
F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AFrankie (x02220@1)kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon,
E (022100@1) DGod (xx0232@1)help me, he was going home in June.
Solo: Am C G D
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) GI (320003@1)can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmOn (x02210@1)a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmTil (x02210@1)the morphine came and killed the bloody row.
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real.
F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AI (x02220@1)caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
E (022100@1) DGod (xx0232@1)help me, I was only nineteen.
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
E (022100@1) DGod (xx0232@1)help me, I was only nineteen.
Outro: Am C G D
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