Redgum: I Was Only Nineteen (1983)
Intro: Am C G D  
       AmG 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 
      AmG 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.

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