I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][C][G][D]
[A][G][A]

[Verse 1]
[A]Mum and dad and Dan[C]ny saw
the [G]passing out pa[D]rade at Pucka[A]punyal
It was a long [G]match march from [A]cadets
The sixth battalion was the [C]next to tour and
it was [G]me who drew the [D]card
We did Can[A]un gra and Shoal[G]water
before we [A]left

[Chorus 1]
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 on[F#m]ly nin[E]etee[D]n

[Verse 2]
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
And we made our tents a [C]home
V.B. and [G]pinups on the [D]lockers
And an [A]Asian orange [G]sunset
through the [A]scrub

[Chorus 2]
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

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

[Chorus 3]
And 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 almighty [A]roar
And [F#m]Frankie kicked a [E]mine
the day that [D]mankind kicked the [A]moon
God [E]help me
He was goin' home in [D]June

[Solo 1]
[Am][C][G][D]
[Am][G][Am]

[Verse 4]
And [A]I can still see F[C]rankie,
drinkin' [G]tinnies in the [D]Grand Hotel
On a [A]thirty-six hour [G]rec
leave in Vung [Am]Tau
And 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

[Chorus 4]
And the [E]Anzac legends didn't mention
[D]mud and blood [A]tears
And the [E]stories that my father told me
[D]never seemed quite [A]real
I [F#m]caught some pieces [E]in my back
that I [D]didn't even [A]feel
God [E]help me
I was on[F#m]ly nin[E]etee[D]n

[Chorus 5]
And [E]can you tell me, doctor,
why I [D]still can't get to [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

[Outro 1]
[A][C][G][D]
[A][G][A]