Redgum - I Was Only 19 Ukulele Chords

[Opening]
[A] [C] [G] [D] [A] [G] [A]
[A]Mum and Dad and [C]Denny
saw the [G]passing out pa[D]rade at Pucka[A]punyal
It was a [G]long march from ca[A]dets
[A]The sixth battalion was the [C]next to tour,
and it was [G]me who drew the [D]card
We did Ca[A]nungra, Shoal [G]water before we [A]left

[section 2]
And [E]Townsville lined the footpaths as we [D]marched down to the [A]quay
This [E]clipping from the paper shows us [D]young and strong and [A]clean
And [F#m]there’s me in me [E]slouch hat with me [D]SLR and [A]greens
God [E]help me, I was only nine[D]teen

[section 3]
From [A]Vung Tau, riding [C]Chinooks, to the [G]dust at Nui [D]Dat
I’d been [A]in and out of [G]choppers now for [A]months
But we [A]made our tents a [C]home, VB and [G]pinups on the [D]lockers
And an [A]Asian orange [G]sunset through the [A]scrub

[section 4]
And [E]can you tell me, doctor, why I [D]still can’t get to [A]sleep?
And [E]night time’s just a jungle dark and a [D]barking M six [A]teen?
And [F#m]what’s this rash that [E]comes and goes,
can you [D]tell me what it [A]means?
God [E]help me, I was only nine [D]teen

[section 5]
A [A]four weeks ope[Am]ra[C]tion
when each [G]step could mean your [D]last one on two [A]legs
It was [G]war within your[A]self
But you wouldn’t let your [C]mates down til they [A]had you dusted [D]off
So you [A]closed your eyes and [G]thought about something [A]else

[section 6]
Then [E]someone yelled out “Contact!” and the [D]bloke behind me [A]swore
We [E]hooked in there for hours, then a [D]god all mighty [A]roar
[F#m]Frankie kicked a [E]mine the day that man [D]kind kicked the [A]moon
God [E]help me, he was going home in [D]June

[section 7]
[A]I can still see [C]Frankie, drinking [G]tinnies in the [D]Grand Hotel
On a [A]thirty six hour [G]rec leave in Vung [A]Tau
And [A]I can still hear [C]Frankie, lying [G]screaming in the [D]jungle
Til the [A]morphine came and [G]killed the bloody [A]row

[section 8]
And the [E]Anzac legends didn’t mention [D]mud and blood and [A]tears
And the [E]stories that my father told me [D]never seemed quite [A]real
I [F#m]aught some pieces [E]in my back that I [D]didn’t even [A]feel
God [E]help me, I was only [D]nineteen

[Closing]
And [E]can you tell me, doctor, why I [D]still can’t get to i[A]sleep?
And [E]why the Channel Seven chopper [D]chills me to my [A]feet?
And [F#m]what’s this rash that [E]comes and goes, can you [D]tell me what it [A]means?
God [E]help me, I was only nine[D]teen
[A] [C] [G] [D] [A] [G] [A]