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

her hair
G+G
He’s a little shy so she gives him a smile and he said would you mind
                            C majorC                                   G+G
Sitten down for a while and talking to me, I’m feeling a little low
            FF                   C majorC                    G+G
She said I’m off in an hour and I know where we can go

Pre-Chorus:
G+G
So they went down and they sat on the pier he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I
                C majorC                           G+G              FF              C majorC                FF
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:
E minorEm
I cried
C majorC
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
G+G
Too young, for him they told her
D MajorD
Waitin for the love of a travelin soldier
E minorEm
Our love will never end
C majorC
Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
G+G
Never more to be alone
D MajorD                                        G+G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home

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

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


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


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


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

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