Travelling Soldier - The Chicks
[C]Two days past 18, he was waiting for the bus in his army greens
Sat [F]down at a booth in a cafe there,
Gave his [C]order to a girl with a bow in her hair
[C]He's a little shy so she gives him a smile and he said would you mind
Sittin' down for a while and [F]talking to me, I'm 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 bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care,
I [F] got no one 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 [C]guy
Too young, for him they told her
[G]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
[Am]Our love will never end
[F]Waitin' for the soldier to come back [C]again
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 California then Vietnam
And he [F] told her of his heart, it might be love
and [C] all of things he was so scared of
He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here, I think of that day
Sittin' down at the pier and [F] I close my eyes and 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 Lord's Prayer said and the anthem
sang, a [F]man said folks would you bow your heads
for a [C]list of local Vietnam dead
Cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band
And [F]one name read and nobody really [C] cared
But a [Bb]pretty little girl [F]with a bow in her [C]hair
Chorus:
[Am]I cried……..[F]Never gonna hold the hand of another [C]guy
Too young, for him they told her
[G]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
[Am]Our love will never end
[F]Waitin' for the soldier to come back [C]again
Never more to be alone
When the [G]letter says, a soldier's coming [C]home
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