Private Wilson White chords by 
Marty Robbins 
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Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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Private Wilson White,
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America is proud tonight
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Proud to blame you for their hero,
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Private White
On a battlefield one day,
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in a land so far away
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Mid the rattle of machine guns,
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in the dawn's first golden light
Twenty men lay close to death,
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nineteen of them held their breath
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While one vo lunteered to save them,
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volunteered to give his life
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Private Wilson White,
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Amer ica is proud tonight
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Proud to claim you for their her o,
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Private White
Nineteen lives he meant to save
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Not one back ward glance he gave
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As he yelled for God and country
Through an open field he ran
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But the enemy had seen
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And they un derstood his scheme
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And the fire from their machine guns
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Knocked the rifle from his hand
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Private Wilson White
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America is proud tonight
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Proud to claim you for their hero,
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Private White
Seven bullets found their mark
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Seven bullets near the heart
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And the force of seven bullets
knocked the soldier to the ground
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But his promise he must keep,
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and he staggered to his feet
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Ran toward the four machine guns
that pinned the soldiers down
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Private Wilson White,
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America is proud tonight
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Proud to claim you for their her o,
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Private White
Bullets flyin' everywhere,
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smokin' gunfire fill the air
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Onward ran the wounded soldier,
to keep the vow he made
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Nearly dead but deep within
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Was the strength to pull the pin
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As he yelled, I died for freedom
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He threw the hand grenade
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Private Wilson White
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America is proud tonight
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Proud to claim you for their hero,
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Private White.
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ChordsEb Ab Bb
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