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