Biography:
John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.
The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.
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SAM STONE - John Prine
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Album: John Prine (1971)
Tabbed by Robert Saunders
Tuning: standard with capo on 5th fret.
Chords (relative to capo):
C: X32010
F: 13321X (or Fmaj7: 133210)
G: 320003
D7: XX0212 (or D7/A: X00212)
G7: 320001
C/G: 332010
Dm: XX0231
Notes:
John Prine uses the Travis Picking technique for this song, using his thumb (with a thumb pick)
to play alternating bass notes. He tends to alternate between the 5th and 3rd strings for the
C chords, and between the 6th and 4th strings for the F and G chords. On the D7 and Dm chords
his thumb plays the 4th and 3rd strings.
In the tab below, notes outside parentheses indicate chords. Notes inside parentheses
indicate individual notes for the bass runs which add to the song's character.
Prine doesn’t play the 1st string when he’s picking the F chord but to my ear the Fmaj7 sounds
better than F if you’re strumming.
Please let me know if you spot any errors and I will correct them.
C C
Sam Stone came home
F F
To his wife and family
G G ( A B ) C F C
After serving in the conflict o-verseas
C C
And the time that he served
F F
Had shattered all his nerves
G G ( A B ) C F C
And left a little shrapnel in his knee
F F
But the morphine eased the pain
F F
And the grass grew round his brain
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back
( A B ) C/G C/G Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
F F G G
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
C/G C/G
Little pitchers have big ears
Am Am
Don't stop to count the years
D7 D7 G G7
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
( G A B ) C C
Hmm hmm hmm
C C
Sam Stone's welcome home
F F
Didn't last too long
G G ( A B ) C C
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
C C
And Sammy took to stealing
F F
When he got that empty feeling
G F G C F C
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
F F
And the gold rolled through his veins
F F
Like a thousand railroad trains
D7 ( E F# ) G G7
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
While the kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes
( A B ) C/G C/G Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
F F G G
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
C/G C/G
Little pitchers have big ears
Am Am
Don't stop to count the years
D7 D7 G G7
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
( G A B ) C C
Hmm hmm hmm
C C
Sam Stone was alone
F F
When he popped his last balloon
G G ( A B ) C
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
C C
Well he played his last request
F F
While the room smelled just like death
G ( A B ) C F C
With an overdose hovering in the air
F F
But life had lost its fun
F F
And there was nothing to be done
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill
( A B ) C/G C/G Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
F F G G
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
C/G C/G
Little pitchers have big ears
Am Am
Don't stop to count the years
D7 D7 G G7
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
( G A B ) C C ( G A B ) C
Hmm hmm hmm
SAM STONE - John Prine
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Album: John Prine (1971)
Tabbed by Robert Saunders
Tuning: standard with capo on 5th fret.
Chords (relative to capo):
C: X32010
F: 13321X (or Fmaj7: 133210)
G: 320003
D7: XX0212 (or D7/A: X00212)
G7: 320001
C/G: 332010
Dm: XX0231
Notes:
John Prine uses the Travis Picking technique for this song, using his thumb (with a thumb pick)
to play alternating bass notes. He tends to alternate between the 5th and 3rd strings for the
C chords, and between the 6th and 4th strings for the F and G chords. On the D7 and Dm chords
his thumb plays the 4th and 3rd strings.
In the tab below, notes outside parentheses indicate chords. Notes inside parentheses
indicate individual notes for the bass runs which add to the song's character.
Prine doesn’t play the 1st string when he’s picking the F chord but to my ear the Fmaj7 sounds
better than F if you’re strumming.
Please let me know if you spot any errors and I will correct them.
C C
Sam Stone came home
F F
To his wife and family
G G ( A B ) C F C
After serving in the conflict o-verseas
C C
And the time that he served
F F
Had shattered all his nerves
G G ( A B ) C F C
And left a little shrapnel in his knee
F F
But the morphine eased the pain
F F
And the grass grew round his brain
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back
( A B ) C/G C/G Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
F F G G
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
C/G C/G
Little pitchers have big ears
Am Am
Don't stop to count the years
D7 D7 G G7
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
( G A B ) C C
Hmm hmm hmm
C C
Sam Stone's welcome home
F F
Didn't last too long
G G ( A B ) C C
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
C C
And Sammy took to stealing
F F
When he got that empty feeling
G F G C F C
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
F F
And the gold rolled through his veins
F F
Like a thousand railroad trains
D7 ( E F# ) G G7
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
While the kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes
( A B ) C/G C/G Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
F F G G
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
C/G C/G
Little pitchers have big ears
Am Am
Don't stop to count the years
D7 D7 G G7
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
( G A B ) C C
Hmm hmm hmm
C C
Sam Stone was alone
F F
When he popped his last balloon
G G ( A B ) C
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
C C
Well he played his last request
F F
While the room smelled just like death
G ( A B ) C F C
With an overdose hovering in the air
F F
But life had lost its fun
F F
And there was nothing to be done
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
But trade his house that he bought on the G. I. Bill
D7 D7 ( E F# ) G G7
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill
( A B ) C/G C/G Dm Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
F F G G
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
C/G C/G
Little pitchers have big ears
Am Am
Don't stop to count the years
D7 D7 G G7
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
( G A B ) C C ( G A B ) C
Hmm hmm hmm
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