Rodger Young by Jim Reeves

Chords used in this song

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