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C#7 X4342X Capo Fret 1 Key A Prelude - Spoken On July 31st 1943 a bloody round in the battle for the Solomon Islands Was being fought in the tangled jungle of the island of New Georgia This is the story of one of the young men who fought and died there This song is respectfully dedicated to those heroic infantrymen Who like Roger Young have sacrificed their lives That their nation might remain forever free Verse 1 Caught in [E]ambush lay a company of [A]riflemen Just [E]grenades against machine guns in the [A]gloom Caught in [D]ambush till this one of twenty [A]rifle[F#m]men Volun[A]teered volun[E]teered to meet his [A]doom [G]Volun[A]teered [G]Roger [A]Young [G]Fought and [A]died [G]for the [A]men he [C#7]marched a[F#m]mong[A7] In the [D]everlasting courage of the [A]infan[F#m]try Was the [A]courage of [E]Private Roger [A]Young Verse 2 On the [E]island of New Georgia in the [A]Solomons Stands a [E]simple wooden cross alone to [A]tell That [D]beneath the silent coral of the [A]Solo[F#m]mons Sleeps a [A]man sleeps a [E]man remembered [A]well [G]Sleeps a [A]man [G]Roger [A]Young [G]Fought and [A]died [G]for the [A]men he [C#7]marched a[F#m]mong[A7] In the [D]everlasting glory of the [A]infan[F#m]try lives the [A]story of [E]Private Rodger [A]Young
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