I Was Only Nineteen - Redgum | Guitar Chords | VChords

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

[Chorus (1)]
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 And Townsville lined the footpaths
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As we marched down to the quay
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This clipping from the paper
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Shows us young and strong and clean
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And there's me in me slouch hat with me SLR and greens
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God help meI was only nineteen

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

[Chorus (2)]
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And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
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And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking Msixteen?
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And what's this rash that comes and goes
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Can you tell me what it means?
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God help meI was only nineteen

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

[Chorus (3)]
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And then someone yelled out "Contact"
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And the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours
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Then a God almighty roar
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And Frankie kicked a mine
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The day that mankind kicked the moon
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God help mehe was goin'

[Interlude]
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 home in June

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

[Chorus (4)]
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And the ANZAC legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
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And the stories that my father told me never seemed  quite real
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I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
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God help meI was only nineteen
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And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
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And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
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And what's this rash that comes and goes Can you tell
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me what it means?
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God help me, I was

[Outro]
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