Travellin' Soldier - The Dixie Chicks [C] [C]Two days past 18 He was [F] waiting for the bus in his army greens Sat [C] down at a booth in a cafe [F] there, Gave his [Bb] order to a girl with a [F] bow in her [C] hair. [C]He's a little shy so she [F] gives him a smile And he [C] said would you mind sittin' down for a [F] while And [C] talking to me ... I'm [F] feeling a little [C] low She said I'm [Bb] off in an hour and [F]I know where we can [C]go. [C]So they went down and they sat on the pier, he said "I [F] bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care, I [C] got no one... [F] to send a letter [C] to. Would you [Bb] mind if I sent [F] one back here to [C] you?" |Chorus: |[Am] I cried |[F] Never gonna hold the hand of another guy |[C] Too young, for him they told her |[G] Waitin' for the love of a travellin' soldier |[Am] Our love will never end |[F] Waitin' for the soldier to come back again |[C] Never more to be alone |When the [G] letter says, a soldier's coming [C] home [C]So the letters came from an army camp In [F] California then Vietnam And he [C] told his heart [F] it might be [C]love And [Bb] all of things [F] he was so scared [C] of. [C] He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here I [F] think about that day sittin' down at the pier And [C] I close my eyes and [F] see your pretty [C] smile Don't [Bb] worry but I won't be [F] able to write for a [C] while |[Chorus] [C] One Friday night at a football game The [F] Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang A [C] man said Folks .. would you [F] bow your [C] heads For a [Bb] list of local [F] Vietnam [C] dead. [rest for 1 bar] [C] cryin' all alone under the stands Was a [F] piccolo player in the marching band And [C] no-one heard and [F] no-one really [C] cared ‘Cept a [Bb]pretty little girl .. [F] with a bow in her [C] hair. |[Am] I cried |[F] Never gonna hold the hand of another guy |[C] Too young, for him they told her |[G] Waitin' for the love of a travellin' soldier |[Am] Our love will never end |[F] Waitin' for the soldier to come back again |[C] Never more to be alone [Slowing down on the last line] |When the [G]letter says, a soldier's coming [C]home