{"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":2129429,"song":"Sam Stone","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129429-sam-stone-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129429?type=chord","rating":4.3853,"votes":11,"content":"SAM STONE\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSam Stone came home, to his wife and family[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter serving in the conflict overseas.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the time that he served, Shattered all his nerves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd left a little shrapnel in his knees.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd gave him all the confidence he lacked,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWith a purple heart and a monkey on his back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy must have hurt a lot then I suppose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLittle pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSweet songs never last too long on broken radios.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSam Stone's welcome home Didn't last too long.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe went to work when he'd spent his last dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd soon he took to stealing When he got that empty feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a hundred dollar habit without overtime.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the gold roared through his veins Like a thousand railroad trains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd eased his mind in the hours that he chose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhile the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy must have suffer a lot then I suppose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLittle pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSweet songs never last too long on broken radios.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClimbing walls while sitting in a chair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he breath his last request,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the room smelled just like death,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith an overdose hovering in the air. But life had lost it's fun,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd there was nothing to be done,\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut trade his house that he bought on the GI bill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill[/tab]","plain_text":"SAM STONE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd there was nothing to be done,","chords":["G","C","D","A","D7"],"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}