Rodger Young chords by Jim Reeves
Verse 1
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On July 31st, 1943,
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a bloody round in the battle for
the Solomon Islands
was being fought in the tangled jungle
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of the island of New Georgia.
This is the story of one of
the young men
who fought and died there.
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This song is respectfully dedicated
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D
to those heroic infantrymen
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who, like Roger Young,
have sacrificed their lives
that their nation might
remain forever free.
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Caught in ambush,
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lay a company of riflemen
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Just grenades against machine guns
Bm
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in the gloom
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Caught in ambush till this
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one of twenty riflemen
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Volunteered, volunteered
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to meet his doom
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Volunteer, Roger Young
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Fought and died for the men
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Em
he marched among
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And the everlasting
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courage of the infantry
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Em
Was the courage of
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Private Roger Young
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On the island of New Georgia,
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in the suburbs,
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Stands a simple wooden cross,
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alone to tell,
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That beneath the silent coral of
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Em
the Solomons,
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Sleeps a man,
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Em
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sleeps a man remembered well.
Dm
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Dm
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Sleeps a man, Roger Young
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Fought and died for the
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men he marched among
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C
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In the everlasting glory of the infantry
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Em
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Lives the story of
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Private Roger Young
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You
Rodger Young
Jim Reeves
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