Chords to Travelin Soldier by Dixie Chicks

Verse 1

GTwo days past eighteen

He was waiting for the bus in his army green

Sat dCown in a booth in a cafe there

Gave his oGrder to a girl with a bow in her hair

Verse 2

GHe's a little shy so she give him a smile

So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while

And tCalking to me, I'm feeling a littleG low

She said I'mF off in an hour anCd I know where we canG go

Verse 3

GSo they went down and they sat on the pier

He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care

I Cgot no one to send a letterG to

Would you Fmind if I sentC one back here to Gyou

Chorus

EmI....... Dcried

CNever gonna hold the hand of another guy

GToo young for him they told her

DWaitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

EmOur love will never Dend

CWaitin' for the soldier to come back again

GNever more to be alone when the Dletter says

A soldier's coming Ghome

Verse 4

GSo the letters came from an army camp

In California then Vietnam

And he Ctold her of his heart

It might be love and Gall of the things he was so scared of

Verse 5

GHe said when it's getting kinda rough over here

I think of that day sittin' down at the pier

And I Cclose my eyes and see your pretty Gsmile

Don't Fworry but I won't be Cable to write for a Gwhile

Chorus

EmI....... Dcried

CNever gonna hold the hand of another guy

GToo young for him they told her

DWaitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

EmOur love will never Dend

CWaitin' for the soldier to come back again

GNever more to be alone when the Dletter says

A soldier's coming Ghome

Verse 6

GOne Friday night at a football game

The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang

A Cman said folks would you bow your head

For the Glist of local Vietnam dead

Verse 7

GCrying all alone under the stands

Was the piccolo player in the marching band

And Cone name read and nobody really Gcared

But a pFretty little girl C   with a bow in her Ghair

Chorus

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EmI....... Dcried

CNever gonna hold the hand of another guy

GToo young for him they told her

DWaitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

EmOur love will never Dend

CWaitin' for the soldier to come back again

GNever more to be alone when the Dletter says

A soldier's coming Ghome