Thanx for explaining, Mr. Offer!

Another one really cute song 'bout VN war from Australia.

For crazy in VN war songs guys like me I found chords.
That's it,

REDGUM - I Was Only Nineteen(preformed in 1983)

Intro: A, C, G, D, A, G, A.
A                   C                 G         D                         A
Mum and Dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
        G                       A
(1t was long march from cadets).
A                               C                  G              D         
The sixth battalion was the next to tour and It was me who drew the card.
A                               G          A
We did Canungra and Shoalwater before we left.


Chorus I:
E                                         D                          A
And Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay.
E                                         D                   A            
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean.
F#m                         E                  D          A
And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens.
E                               D
God help me, I was only nineteen.

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


Chorus 2:
E                                      D                   A
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
E                                        D              A
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16?
F#m                         E                            D                  
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it
A
means?
E                               D
God help me, I was only nineteen.

A                 C                    G                          D
A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one
        A               G             A
On two legs: it was a war within yourself.
A                               C                 G         D
But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off,
        A                         G                       A
So you closed your eyes and thought about something else.


Chorus 3:
E                                               D               A
Then someone yelled out "Contact"', and the bloke behind me swore.
E                                         D            A
We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar.
F#m                   E                     D                         A
Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon.
E                                       D
God help me, he was going home in June.

A                 C                        G                D
1 can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
       A               G                A
On a thirty-six hour rec. leave in Vung Tau.
A                    C                  G                D
And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle.
A                            G                A
'Till the morphine came and killed the bloody row


Chorus 4:
E                                         D            A
And the ANZAC legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears.
E                                    D                   A
And stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
F#m                       E             D                A
I caught some pieces In my back that I didn't even feel.
E                               D
God help me, I was only nineteen.


E                                      D                   A
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
E                                        D              A
And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M.16?
F#m                         E                            D                  
And what's this rash that comes and goes,can you tell me what it
A
means?
E                               D
God help me, I was only nineteen.

P.S.: Have questions 'bout military slang - feel free to ask, please!