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PROUD YOUNG SOLDIER

1st Place Winner > Songsculptor 2007 Lyric Writing Contest

Lyrics by Paul R. Orshoski

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Proud Young Soldier Suggested Tempo = 134 BPM

Words and Music by Paul R. Orshoski and Richard Melvin Brown (Socan)

Verse One:

A Amaj7 Bm D

He went to war in 64 before she reached age one,

F#m C#m F#m D

He fought for freedom in the air; his tour had just begun.

G#m7 C#7 F#m B7

He crashed to earth while trapped inside a flaming hot jet bomber,

Bm D E7 Fdim F#m D#m7b5 G#7 into Chorus

She later learned that Vietnam was where she lost her father.

Chorus:

C# D#m C#/F bass F#maj7 F7 Bbm A

He died a proud young soldier in a hostile foreign land

Dm6 E6 C F

While fighting for his Country and his love for Uncle Sam.

Dm7 G9 C Bm7b5 E7b9 Am G#maj7

The memory of his wartime death for some fades more each day,

Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Eaug A Asus A

But the proud young soldier in her heart will never pass away.

Verse Two:

A Amaj7 Bm D

The year was 1991, the Gulf War was going strong,

F#m C#m F#m D

His troop was on a mission near an angry rival throng.

G#m7 C#7 F#m B7

While in the line of fire tending bravely to another,

Bm D E7 Fdim F#m D#m7b5 G#7 into Chorus

Death struck again in Desert Storm this time it was her brother.

REPEAT Chorus:

Verse Three:

A Amaj7 Bm D

In time the war on terror took armed forces to Iraq,

F#m C#m F#m D

Where he and others like him fought to thwart off each attack.

G#m7 C#7 F#m B7

While patrolling streets in Baghdad, snipers shot them one by one,

Bm D E7 Fdim F#m D#m7b5 G#7 into Chorus

And Iraqi Freedom gunfire took away her only son.

REPEAT Chorus

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