{"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":1769210,"song":"I Was Only 19","artist":"The Herd","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11385833-i-was-only-19-chords-by-the-herd/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1769210?type=chord","rating":3.72658,"votes":8,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMum, Dad and Denny, were some amongst many[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho came to watch the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Seemed every man and his mongrel came to watch cadets stumble[/tab]\r\n \r\non the long march to the Viet jungle.\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh Christ\", I mumbled as I drew that card[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand my mates came to slap me on the back with due regard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were the sixth battalion, yet next to tour[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left, rest assured[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSeemed half of Townsville turned out to see us leave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthey lined the footpaths as we marched to the quay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the papers wrote it up like you wouldn't believe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut we were only looking to the future for fast reprieve[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd there's all of us looking young stong and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nrockin' slouch hats slung SLRs 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[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom Vung Tau the black helicopters[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe chinhook pilots seemed relieved at Nui Dat when he dropped us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeems like months running on and off landing pads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n letters to Dad it's like, man, he's sad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he can't see the tents that we call home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ncans of VB, pin-ups of chicks off TV[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe heat, the mosquitos, and the noise suprising[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nlike the first time you see an agent orange horizon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo please can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep, the scar's left with me[/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 M16, we keep saying \"rest in peace\"[/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? Don't suppose you can tell me what that 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[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSent off on a four-week long operation where every single step could be your last one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\n On two legs were sorta living hell fallen with the shells, war within yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But you couldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso you closed your eyes and thought of something else[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nSomeone yelled \"contact!\" another bloke swore[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe hooked in 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\nThen Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, he was going home in June[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I can still see Frank with a can in his hand thirty-six hour leave in the bar at the Grand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd I can still hear Frank a screaming mess of bleeding flesh couldn't retrieve his legs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou see the ANZAC legend neglected to mention the mud, the fear, the blood, the tears, the tension[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDad's recollection beyond comprehension didn't seem quite real until we was sent in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nChaos and confusion the fire and steel hot shrapnel in my back 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\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo please can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep, I can't hardly eat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound of the Channel Seven chopper still chills me to my feet, it still fuels my grief[/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 like the dreams, can you tell me what that 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[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMum, Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was a 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, 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[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Townsville lined the footpaths 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 papers showed us young and strong and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's me in me slouch hat me 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[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo please can you tell me doctor why I can't get to sleep, I can't hardly eat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound of the Channel Seven chopper still chills me to my feet, it still fuels my grief[/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 like the dreams, can you tell me what that means?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA C G D\nA G A A\n\nA C G D\nA G A A\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n \non the long march to the Viet jungle.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA C G D\nA G A A\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","C","G","D","E","F#m"],"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]}}}