Chords for Hank Williams Sr. - Searching for a Soldier's Grave

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This is what one of the prettiest songs I reckon anybody ever wrote it wrote by Roy Cuff.
It's called searching for a [E] soldier's grave _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ you _ _ _ Asked me
stranger why I [A] made this journey _ _ _ Oh, [E] I
_ Cross three thousand miles of [B] ocean _ way _ _ [E] Like
Many others my loved one was killed [A] in action _ _
And [E] that's why _ I'm here [B] I'm searching [E] for his grave _ _
_ _ _ _ Somewhere here among _ _ [A] _ _ _ Americans
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_ [G] True [B] and brave _
That's [E] where _ I know _ _ I'll [A] find him resting _ _ _ _
[E] So I'm here [B] I'm searching for [E] his grave _ _
Beside _ each cross mark here _ [A] all around me _ _ _
[E] I
_ Kneel down and gladly say [B] a prayer
_ Are [E] all their loved ones back home [D] across [A] the ocean
_ Whose [E] _ heart like mine [B] is buried [E] over here
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_ _ _ [E] Somewhere here among the [A] many _ thousands _ _ _
[E] _ _ Americans _ who died [B] true and brave _ _
[E] That's where I know _ _ _ [A] I'll find him resting _ _ _ [E] So
_ I'm here.
[B] I'm searching for [E] his grave _ _ _ _
When I come to the spot where [A] he's sleeping _ _ I [E] know
_ It will cause more _ heartaches [B] inside
_ _ But [E] I _ long
To be by his side once [A] more and tell _ him _
Tell [E] _ him I love him [B] and I will until [E] I die _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Where _ _
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[E] Americans _ _ _ _ _ _
True [D#] and [B] _ brave _
[E] That's where I _ know _ I'll [A] find him resting _ _ _
[E] So _ _ I'm here [Em] [B] I'm searching for his [E] grave _ _
_ [N] Thank you boys before we go neighbors
I want to remind you for real southern cornbread real southern hush puppies for the best cornbread and hush puppies the kind your family
Loves try mother's best the cornmeal that's twice clean
Mother's best cornmeal washed with water and washed with air to give you that real fresh corn flavor get mother's best cornmeal regular style or easy
To use self rising today now boys.
We got to get out of here
Yes, sir.
We're running a little late friends.
Good Lord willing in Creek stone rises [F] next time until then
[Gm] Catherine make some shoe sole [F] gravy this morning.
Oh, [C] see this will soft directly
[F] _ _ Neighbors if you'd like to [F#] raise [C] hogs, but don't have the grain listen
You [G] can produce quality pork fast and at low cost with mother's [D] best hog ration the complete feed
That's right finished [B] hogs and six months good hogs at [Fm] low feed cost fed on [G] mother's best hog ration in [F] water
[G] Mother's best hog [F#m] ration is now [B] bolstered with antibiotic feed supplement the remarkable feeding discovery that [C] helps hogs get the most out of what they [B] eat
[G] Why not see your mother's [F] best feed dealer for a supply of this complete feed the dealer in Shelbyville, Tennessee [Gm] is the Borden company
[C] Lewisburg it's [G] the Marshall County [G#] Creamery [C] now next time
This is cousin Louie buck speaking for Hank Williams all [F] the mother's best music makers [A] saying the best of everything to you _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Don's up.
You're gonna play a little tune here.
Let's go way back.
Don.
Just [F#m] one there called
What's that old and about the little Annie?
What year's little Annie?
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_ _ _ [Am] _ [C#m] _ That's fine in there little Annie that's an old old timer there go way back and get that one
Right now friends is him time all the boys are gathering around Don Jerry
Cedric myself
[N] Here's one called