The Story of a Soldier Ennio Morricone

from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Count all the cros - ses, and count all the tears,
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sign up and fall in and march off to war.

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these are the los - ses and sad sou - ve - nirs.

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Drums bea - ting loud - ly, hearts bea - ting loud - ly, march

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blue and gray, and smile as you go.

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fall the dice, how wide is the price?

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Smoke hides the val - leys, and fire paints the plain,

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There in the dis - tance, a flag I can see,

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hope seems gone, so sol - dier march on to die. œ œ œ #œ
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ends the sto - the glo - ry? if we

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42 dare, our com - rades out there, who sleeps.