I Was Only Nineteen Redgum

I Was Only Nineteen

Redgum

LoopKing

628
0:00 4:12
Accordatura Standard (E A D G B E)
Tempo 4/4
Tonalità: A
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Testo

[Intro]
| A C | G D | A G | A - |

[Verse 1]
A                   C          G                 D
 Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing Out parade
           A
at Puckapunyal
                G           A
Was a long march from cadets
    A                       C                       G
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who
             D
drew the card
         A
We did Canungra,
     G
Shoalwater before we left

[Chorus]
A    E
 And Townsville lined the footpaths
             D                A
As we marched down to the quay
     E
This clipping from the paper
         D                         A
Shows us young and strong and clean
    F#m                    E            D       A
And there's me in me slouch hat with me SLR and greens
    E                 D
God help meI was only nineteen

[Verse 2]
A               C                G              D
From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
    A               G                   A
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
    A                   C
And we made our tents a home
     G             D
V.B. and pinups on the lockers
    A         G                       A
And an Asian Orange sunset through the scrub

[Chorus]
E
And can you tell me, doctor,
    D                   A
why I still can't get to sleep?
E                                       D             A
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking Msixteen?
F#m                  E
And what's this rash that comes and goes
    D                   A
Can you tell me what it means?
E                  D      A
God help meI was only nineteen

[Verse 3]
             C
A four week operation
G                       D               A
When each step can mean your last one on two legs
   G                A
It was a war within yourself
A                    C
But you wouldn't let your mates down
G                    D
'til they had you dusted off
A                      G                      A
So you closed your eyes and thought about somethin' else

[Chorus]
E
And then someone yelled out "Contact"
D                   A   E
And the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours
D                A  F#m
Then a God almighty roar
                   E
And Frankie kicked a mine
       D                    A       E
The day that mankind kicked the moon
                       D
God help mehe was goin'

[Interlude]
A C G D A G
A     A
 home in June

[Verse 4]
          C             G
And I can still see Frankie
                 D              A
Drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
           G
On a thirtysix hour rec.
A        A
leave in Vung Tau
      C              G
And I can still hear Frankie,
                D         A
lying screaming in the jungle
            G                         A         E
'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row

[Chorus]
                         D                  A
And the ANZAC legends didn't mention mud and blood and
E
tears
                               D                   A F#m
And the stories that my father told me never seemed  quite
real
              E                D             A E
I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
             D     E
God help meI was only nineteen
                        D
And can you tell me, doctor,
           A      E
why I still can't get to sleep?
                    D                   A   F#m
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
    E                               D                A
And what's this rash that comes and goes Can you tell
   E
me what it means?
               D
God help me, I was

[Outro]
          A | C G | D A |
| G A |

Battute

[Intro]
| A C | G D | A G | A - |

[Verse 1]
| A C | G D | A - | G A |
| - A | C G | D A | G

Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing Out parade
at Puckapunyal
Was a long march from cadets
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and it was me who
drew the card
We did Canungra,
Shoalwater before we left

[Chorus]
                        A |
| - E   | - D | A E | - D |
| A F#m | E D | A E | - - |
| - D   | - - | -

And Townsville lined the footpaths
As we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper
Shows us young and strong and clean
And there's me in me slouch hat with me SLR and greens
God help meI was only nineteen

[Verse 2]
                A | C G |
| D A | G A | - A | C G |
| D A | G A | -

From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
And we made our tents a home
V.B. and pinups on the lockers
And an Asian Orange sunset through the scrub

[Chorus]
                E   | - D |
| A E | - D | A F#m | E D |
| A E | - - | - D   | - - |
| - A |

And can you tell me, doctor,
why I still can't get to sleep?
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking Msixteen?
And what's this rash that comes and goes
Can you tell me what it means?
God help meI was only nineteen

[Verse 3]
      | C G | D A | G A |
| - A | C G | D A | G A |
| -

A four week operation
When each step can mean your last one on two legs
It was a war within yourself
But you wouldn't let your mates down
'til they had you dusted off
So you closed your eyes and thought about somethin' else

[Chorus]
    E   | - D | A E | - D |
| A F#m | E D | A E | - - |
| - D   | - - | -

And then someone yelled out "Contact"
And the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours
Then a God almighty roar
And Frankie kicked a mine
The day that mankind kicked the moon
God help mehe was goin'

[Interlude]
                A | C G |
| D A | G A | - A |

home in June

[Verse 4]
                  | C G |
| D A | G A | - A | C G |
| D A | G A | - E | -

And I can still see Frankie
Drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirtysix hour rec.
leave in Vung Tau
And I can still hear Frankie,
lying screaming in the jungle
'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row

[Chorus]
                        D   |
| A E | - D | A F#m | E D   |
| A E | - - | - D   | - E   |
| - D | A E | - D   | A F#m |
| E D | A E | - -   | - D   |
| - - | -

And the ANZAC legends didn't mention mud and blood and
tears
And the stories that my father told me never seemed  quite
real
I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
God help meI was only nineteen
And can you tell me, doctor,
why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes Can you tell
me what it means?
God help me, I was

[Outro]
          A | C G | D A |
| G A |

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