Good Christian Soldier chords by Kris Kristofferson

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Verse 1
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Not so long ago in Oklahoma the son
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of an Okie preacher knelt to pray
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He said Lord I want to be a
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Christian soldier just like you
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And fight to build a new and better day
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Now many years and miles from Oklahoma
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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
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He just prays to make it through
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another day
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'Cause it's hard to be a Christian
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soldier when you tote a gun
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And it

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Verse 3

hurts to have to

watch a grown man cry

But we're playin' cards writin'

home havin' lots of fun

Telling jokes and learning

how to die

Now the things I've come to know

seem so confusin'

Verse 4
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It's gettin' hard to tell
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what's 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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And I'm thinking of just giving
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up the fight
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'Cause it's hard to be a Christian
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soldier when you tote a gun
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And it

Verse 5
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hurts to have to
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watch a grown man cry
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But we're playin' cards writin' home
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Am 
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ain't we hadn't fun
Turning on and learning how to die