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Travelin Soldier  Chords by Dixie Chicks

Travelin Soldier chords by Dixie Chicks (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 2nd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
G
Two  days past 18  he was waiting for the bus in his army greens
    C                              G
Sat down at a booth in a cafe there, gave his order to a girl with a bow in

her hair
G
He’s a little shy so she gives him a smile and he said would you mind
                            C                                   G
Sitten down for a while and talking to me, I’m feeling a little low
            F                   C                    G
She said I’m off in an hour and I know where we can go
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Pre-Chorus:
G
So they went down and they sat on the pier he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I
                C                           G              F              C                F
don’t care I’ve got no one to send a letter to.  Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"


Chorus:
Em
I cried
C
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
G
Too young, for him they told her
D
Waitin for the love of a travelin soldier
Em
Our love will never end
C
Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
G
Never more to be alone
D                                        G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home


Verse:
       G
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam
         C                                      G
And he told her of his heart, might be lovin all of thigns he was so

scared of
G
He said when things were getting kinda rough over here, I think of that day
                              C                                 G
Sittin down at the pier and I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
      F                    C                  G
Don’t worry but I won’t be able to write for a while


Chorus:
Em
I cried
C
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
G
Too young, for him they told her
D
Waitin for the love of a travelin soldier
Em
Our love will never end
C
Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
G
Never more to be alone
D                                        G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home


Verse:
    G
One Friday night at a football game, the Lord’s prayer said and the anthem
       C                                            G
sang a man said folks would you bow your head for a list of local Vietnam
dead
G
Cryin all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band
    C                               G
And one name read and nobody really cared
      F                 C                  G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair


Chorus:
Em
I cried
C
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
G
Too young, for him they told her
D
Waitin for the love of a travelin soldier
Em
Our love will never end
C
Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
G
Never more to be alone
D                                        G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home

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Dixie Chicks chords for Travelin soldier (Ver. 2)

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