Only Nineteen Chords

  			Intro: (one chord per bar): A C G D A G A A   
   
  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  
   
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  
   
   
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  
   
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  
   
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  
   
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  
   
4)I can still see Frankie 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  
   
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  
   
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