Chords for John Schumann - I Was Only 19 (30 Year Anniversary Version)

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