Travelin’ Soldier
Recorded by Home Free
Album: Travelin’ Soldier (2021)

(No Capo)

(Intro)
(None)

(Verse 1)
(G)Two days past eighteen
She was (G)waiting for the bus in her army green
Sat (G)down in a booth in a (C)cafe nearby
Gave her (D)order to a guy with a (G)thin black tie
 
(G)She's a little shy so he give her a smile
So she said, would you mind sittin' down for a while
And (C)talking to me, I'm (D)feeling a little (G)low
 
(G) He said, I'm off in an hour and (C)I know where we can (G)go
So, they (G)went down and they sat on the pier
She said, I (G)bet you got a girlfriend but I don't care
I (C)got no one to send a letter (G)to
Would you (F)mind if I sent (C)one back here to (G)you
 
(Chorus)
(Em)I (D)cried
You’ll (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) Never more to be alone when the (D)letter says
A soldier's coming home (G)
 
(Verse 2)
So the (G)letters came once a week at least
From (G)Oklahoma then the Middle East
And she (C)told him of her heart
It (C)might be love and (G)all of the things she was so scared of
She (G)said, when it's getting kinda rough over here
I (G)think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I (C)close my eyes and see your handsome (G)smile
      F                    C                   G     G D
Don't (F)worry but I won't be (C)able to write for a (G)while
 
(Chorus)
(G)(G/F#)(Em) I (D)cried
You’ll (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 (D)
(C)Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
(G) Never more to be alone when the (D)letter says
A soldier's coming home (G)
 
(Verse 3)
(G)One Friday night at a football game
The (G)Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
A (C)man said folks would you bow your head
For the (G)list of local ARMY dead
G
(G)Crying all alone under the stands
G
Was the (G)piccolo player in the marching band
    C                 G
And (C)one name read and nobody really cried (G)
G                                      D
But a (G)single guy with a thin black tie (D/F#)
 
(Chorus)
(Em) I (D)cried
You’ll (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-in
(G) Never more to be alone when the (D)letter says
A (D)soldier's coming
 
(Chorus)
(Em) I cried (D)
You’ll (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 (G)
(C)Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
(G) Never more to be alone when the (D)letter says - - -
A (N/C.)soldier’s coming home - - - - -