Guitar chords with lyrics
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
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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