Good Christian Soldier chords by
Billy Joe Shaver

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Key: D major

Verse 1
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Not so long ago in Oklahoma,
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the son of an Okie preacher knelt to pray
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He said Lord I want to be
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a Christian soldier just for you
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And fight to build a new and better day
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Now many years and miles
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from Oklahoma

Verse 2
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That same young Okie boy
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still kneels to pray
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But he don't pray to be no
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Christian soldier anymore
He just prays to make it
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through another day
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Verse 3
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'Cause Lord, it's hard to be a Christian
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soldier when you tote a gun
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And it hurts to have to
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watch a grown man cry
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But we're playin' cards and writin'
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home havin' lots of fun
Telling jokes and learning
how to die
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Verse 4
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You know, the things I've come
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to know seem so confusin'
It's gettin' hard to tell what's
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wrong from right
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I can't separate the winners
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from the losers anymore
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So I'm thinking of just giving
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up the fight

Verse 5
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'Cause Lord, it's hard to be a Christian
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soldier when you tote a gun
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And it hurts to have to watch
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the children man cry
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But we're playin' cards and lightin'
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up ain't we hadn't fun
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Turning on and learning how to die

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