Travelin Soldier chords by Dixie Chicks

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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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