# Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 20:35:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dr. Mellow" <drmellow@catt.ncsu.edu> Subject: Cowpie! Submissions Resent-to: ~riggv@ttacs.ttu.edu To: G.Vaughn@ttacs.ttu.edu Reply-to: drmellow@catt.ncsu.edu MIME-version: 1.0 X-Newsgroup-to-support: alt.fan.drmellow X-URL: <http://www.catt.ncsu.edu/users/drmellow/public/www/home.html> Like A Soldier Written by Johnny Cash Published by Song of Cash Inc. ASCAP G

With the twi^Glight colors falling And the evening laying shadows Hidden memories come stealing from my min^Dd As I feel my own heart beating out The simple joy of living I wonder how I ever was that ki^Gnd

But the wild road I was rambling Was always out there calling

And they said a hundred times I should have di^D7ed Then you reached down and touched me And lifted me up with you So, I believe they were roads that I was meant to ri^Gde

| C D G |I'm like a soldier getting over the war | C D7 G |Like a young man getting over his crazy days | C D7 Em |Like a bandit getting over his lawless ways |C D7 G |I don't have to do that any more | C D7 G |I'm like a soldier getting over the war There were nights I don't remember And there's pain that I've forgotten Other things I choose not to recall There are faces that come to me In my darkest secret memory Faces that I wish would not come back at all But in my dreams parade of lovers From the other times and places There's not one that matters now, no matter who I'm just thankful for the journey And that I've survived the battles And that my spoils of victory are you | C D G |I'm like a soldier getting over the war | C D7 G |Like a young man getting over his crazy days | C D7 Em |Like a bandit getting over his lawless ways |C D7 G |Every day gets better than before | C D7 G |I'm like a soldier getting over the war --------------------