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- From: HCHA8904593X@lust1.latrobe.edu.au (PERRETT, ANDREW)
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- Only Nineteen Redgum
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- intro (one chord per bar): A C G D A G A A
- 4/4
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- A C G D A
- 1) Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
- G A
- IT was a long march from cadets
- C
- The sixth battalion was the next to tour
- G D
- and it was me who drew the card
- A G A
- We did Canungra and shoal water before we left
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- chorus 1
- E D A
- And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched to the quay
- E D A
- This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean
- F#M E D A
- And theres me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens
- E F#M E D
- God help me I was on - ly nine teen
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- 2) From Vung Tau riding chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
- Id been in and out of choppers no for months
- But we made our tents a home, VB, and pinups on the lockers
- And an Asian orange sunset though the scrub
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- chorus 2
- And can you tell me doctor why I still cant get to sleep
- And why night times just a jungle dark and a barking M16
- And whats this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means
- God help me, i was only nineteen
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- 3) A four week operation every step could be your last one
- on two legs ; It was a war within yourself
- But you wouldnt let your mates down till they had you dusted off
- so you closed your eyes and thought about something else
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- chorus 3
- The someone yelled out "contact" and a bloke behind me swore
- We hooked in there for hours then a god almighty roar
- Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
- God help me, he was going home in June
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- 4)I can still see Frankie lying drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
- On a thirty six hour rec leave in Vung Tau
- And i can still see Frankie lying screaming in the jungle
- till the morphine cam and killed the bloody row
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- chorus 4
- And the Anzac legends didnt 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 didnt even feel
- God help me I was only nineteen
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- chorus 5 (played after chorus 4 the same as chorus 2)
- And can you tell me doctor why I still cant get to sleep
- And why the channel seven chopper chills me to my feet
- And whats this rash that comes and goes can you tell me what it means
- God help me, I was only nineteen.. D D D A C G D A G A
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- Another fine song from Armour Byte the
- Asciizer If you want to do the world
- A good turn type in some decent songs
- yourself.. Like hip jive dude.. and
- see you round like a record dont go
- square like the cover....
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