{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1755327,"song":"I Was Only 19","artist":"Julia Stone","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11379802-i-was-only-19-chords-by-julia-stone/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1755327?type=chord","rating":4.69085,"votes":47,"content":"! CAPO 1 !\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was long march from cadets [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who drew the card[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd been in and out of choppers now for months[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we made our tents a home, V.B. and pinups on the lockers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd an Asian orange sunset through the scrub[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA four week operation, when each step can mean your last one[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn two legs: it was a war within yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo you closed your eyes and you thought about something else[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then someone yelled out Contact, and the bloke behind me swore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, he was going home in June[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n[ch]A[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]A[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n1 can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd stories that my father told me never seemed quite real[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd can you tell me doctor why I still can't get to sleep?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                      \r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen[/tab]","plain_text":"! CAPO 1 !\n\nA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\nA - C - G - D - A - G - A (2x)","chords":["A","C","G","D","E","F#m","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}