Travellin' Soldier - The Dixie 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 travellin' 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. |[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 travellin' soldier |[Am]Our love will never end |[F]Waitin' for the soldier to come back [C]again |Never more to be alone [Slowing down on the last line] |When the [G]letter says, a soldier's coming [C]home [G*] [C*]