Searching For A Soldiers Grave - The Louvin Brothers
Tuning: F, E A D G B E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3GkyukP-6Q
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
You ask me str
anger why I ma
de this journe
y
Why I crossed
three thousand
miles of roll
ing waves
Like many othe
rs my love was
killed in act
ion
That's why i’m
here I’m sear
ching for his
grave
[Chorus]
Somewhere here
among these m
any thousands
Of Americans w
ho all died tr
ue and brave
That’s where I
know I’ll fin
d him resting
So I’m here I’
m searching fo
r his grave
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Beside each cr
oss mark here
all around me
I’ll kneel dow
n and gladly s
ay a prayer
For all their
loved ones bac
k home across
the ocean
Whose hearts l
ike mine are b
uried over her
e
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
When I come to
the spot wher
e he's sleepin
g
I know it will
'cause more h
eartaches insi
de
But I'll long
to be by his s
ide once more
and tell him
Tell him that
I love him and
will until I
die
[Outro]
Somewhere here
among these m
any thousands
Of Americans w
ho all died tr
ue and brave
That’s where I
know I’ll fin
d him resting
So I’m here I’
m searching fo
r his grave