Chords with lyrics
Performance: MMXVI Tour
Intro:
G+G
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
Cadd9Cadd9
Sat down in a booth in a café there
G+G
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
G+G
He's a little shy so she give him a smile
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
And talkin' to me
I'm feeling a little low
F6sus2 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
Verse 1:
G+G
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
I've got no one to send a letter to
F6sus2 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
I cried
Cadd9Cadd9
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 D MajorD
Our love will never end
Cadd9Cadd9
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G+G D MajorD
Never gonna be alone when the letter said
G+G
A augmentedA soldier's coming home
Verse 2:
G+G
So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
Cadd9Cadd9
And he told her of his heart
G+G
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
G+G
He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
F6sus2 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
I cried
Cadd9Cadd9
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 D MajorD
Our love will never end
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G+G D MajorD
Never more to be alone when the letter said
G+G
A augmentedA soldier's coming home
Interlude:
G,Cadd9,G,Cadd9
Bridge:
G+G
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
D MajorD
A augmentedA man said folks would you bow your heads
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
For a listed local Vietnam dead
Verse 3:
G+G
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
And one name read and nobody really cared
F6sus2 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
I cried
Cadd9Cadd9
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 D MajorD
Our love will never end
Cadd9Cadd9
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G+G D MajorD
Never gonna be alone when the letter says
A augmentedA soldier's coming
Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD
I cried
Cadd9Cadd9
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 D MajorD
Our love will never end
Cadd9Cadd9
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G+G D MajorD
Never gonna be alone when the letters said
G+G
A augmentedA soldier's coming home
Instrumental:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
CHORDS USED:
G: 320033
Cadd9: 032033
F6sus2: 003033
D: 000232
Em: 022000