F0 0Sam Stone came home, A#1 1to his wife and family, C2 F3 2after serving in the conflict oVerseas. 3 4And the time that he served, A#4 5had shattered all his nerves, C5 F6 6and left a little shrapnel in his knee. A#7 7But the morphine eased the pain, 8 9and the grass grew round his brain, G78 C9 10and gave him all the confidence he lacked; G10 G711 C12 11with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back. 12 13 F13 Gm14 14There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, A#15 C16 15and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. F17 16Little pitchers have big ears, Dm18 17don't stop to count the years, G719 G20 C21 C22 Csus423 C24 C25 18sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm.... 19 20 F26 21Sam Stone's welcome home, A#27 22didn't last too long, C28 F29 23he went to work when he'd spent his last dime 24 25And Sammy took to stealing, A#30 26when he got that empty feeling, C31 F32 27for a hundred dollar habit without overtime. A#33 28And the gold rolled through his veins, 29 30like a thousand railroad trains, G734 C35 31and eased his mind in the hours that he chose; G36 G737 C38 32while the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes... 33 34 F39 Gm40 35There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, A#41 C42 36and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. F43 37Little pitchers have big ears, Dm44 38don't stop to count the years, G745 G46 C47 C48 Csus449 C50 C51 39sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm.... 40 41 F52 42Sam Stone was alone, A#53 43when he popped his last balloon, C54 F55 44climbing walls while sitting in a chair 45 46Well, he played his last request, A#56 47while the room smelled just like death, C57 F58 48with an overdose hovering in the air A#59 49But life had lost its fun, 50 51and there was nothing to be done, G760 C61 52but trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill; G62 G763 C64 53for a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill 54 55 F65 Gm66 56There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, A#67 C68 57and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. F69 58Little pitchers have big ears, Dm70 59don't stop to count the years, G771 G72 C73 C74 Csus475 C76 C77 60sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm.... 61 62 C78 Csus479 C80 F81 63Mmm.... 64