{"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":419741,"song":"I Was Only Nineteen","artist":"Redgum","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11559605-i-was-only-nineteen-chords-by-redgum/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/419741?type=chord","rating":4.88054,"votes":711,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(It 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 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[Chorus 1]\r\n\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 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 me slouch hat with me SLR and greens.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [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\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[Chorus 2]\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[Verse 3]\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 thought about somethin' else.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\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\nAnd Frankie 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\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I can still see Frankie, drinkin' 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'til the morphine came and killed the bloody row.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\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 the 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]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod help me, I was only nineteen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\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\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n| 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