I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) Chords

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Mum and [Eb] Dad and Denny [Bb] saw the passing out [F] parade.
[C] Puckapunyal [Bb] was a long march [C] from Cadets. _
And the 6th [Eb] Battalion was the next to tour.
[Bb] It was me who [F] drew the card.
[C] We did Canungra [Bb] and Shoalwater before [C] we left. _ _
[G] And Townsville lined the footpaths as [F] we marched down [C] to the quay.
[G] This clipping from the paper [F] shows us young and strong [C] and clean. _
[Am] There's me [G] in me slouch hat [F] with me SLR [C] and greens.
[G] God help me, _ _ _ I was only [F] 19. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] From Vung Tau, [Eb] right in Chinooks, [Bb] to the dust at [F] Nui Dat.
[C] I'd been in and [Bb] out of choppers now [C] for months. _ _
And we made our [Eb] tents a home, VB [Bb] and pinups [F] on the lockers.
[C] And an Asian [Bb] orange sunset through [C] the scrub. _ _
[G] And can you tell me Doctor why [F] I still can't get [C] to sleep?
[G] Night time's just a jungle dark [F] and a barking [C] M16.
[Am] What's this rash [G] that comes and goes?
[F] Can you tell me what [C] it means?
[G] God help me.
_ _ _ I was only [F] 19 on _ _ _ [C] a four week [Eb] operation.
When [Bb] each step could mean [F] your last one on [C] two legs.
[Bb] It was a war within [C] yourself. _ _
But you wouldn't let [Eb] your mates down till [Bb] they had you [F] dusted off.
[C] So you close your eyes [Bb] and you thought about [C] something else. _ _
[G] And then someone yelled out, contact front!
[F] And the bloke behind [C] me swore, [G] we hooked in there for hours.
[F] Then it got all mighty [C] raw. _
[Am] Frankie kicked [G] a mine the [F] day that mankind kicked [C] the moon.
[G] God help me.
_ _ _ He was going home [F] in June. _ _ _ _ _ _
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And I can still [Eb] see Frankie [Bb] drinking tinnies in [F] the Grand Hotel.
[C] On a 36 [Bb] hour wreck leave in [C] Vung Tau. _ _
And I can still [Eb] hear Frankie [Bb] lying screaming in [F] the jungle.
[C] Till the morphine came [Bb] and killed the bloody [C] row. _ _
[G] And the Anzac legends didn't [F] mention mud and blood [C] and tears.
[G] And the stories my father told [C] me never seemed quite real.
[Am] I caught some [G] pieces in my back [F] that I didn't even [C] feel.
[G] God help me.
_ _ _ I was only [F] 19.
_ [G] And can you tell me doctor why [F] I still can't get [C] to sleep?
[G] Why the channel 7 [F] chopper chills me to [C] my feet?
_ [Am] What's this rash [G] that comes and goes?
[F] Can you tell me what [C] it means?
[G] God help me. _ _ _
_ I was only [F] 19. _ _ _
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