Chords with lyrics
"Travelin' Soldier"
Capo 2nd
G
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
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Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
G
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said, "Would you mind sittin' down for a while
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And talking to me?
I'm feeling a little low."
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She said, "I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go."
G
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
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I got no one to send a letter to
G F Cadd9 G
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 D
Never more to be alone when the letter said
G
A soldier's coming home
G
So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
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And he told her of his heart
G
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said, "When it's getting kinda rough over here,
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier.
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And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile.
F Cadd9 G
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile."
[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 D
Never more to be alone when the letter said
G
A soldier's coming home
G
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
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A man said, "Folks would you bow your heads
G
For a list of local Vietnam dead."
Crying all alone under the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marching band
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And one name read but nobody really cared
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But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
[Chorus 2x]
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 D
Never more to be alone when the letter said
G
A soldier's coming home
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 D
Never more to be alone when the letter said
G
A soldier's coming home
