Traveling Solider


A     =   x02220                   D     =   xx0232

G     =   320003                   F#m   =   244222

E     =   022100


CAPO 2nd FRET

A  change to  G   =  320003           D  change to  C   =  x32010

G  change to  F   =  133211          F#m change to  Em  =  022000

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Two days past 18, 
                     
He's waiting for the bus in his army greens.
    C
Sat down in a booth at a cafe there,
         G
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair.

He's a little shy so she gave him a smile,

And he said "Would you mind sitting down for a while,
    C                                  G  
And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low."
              F                   C                   G
She said "I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go."


        
G
So they went down and they sat on the pier,

He said "I bet you've got a boyfriend, but I don't care,
     C                             G
I've got no-one to send a letter to.
          F              C                G
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"


EM   D      C                                     G
How I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

Too young for him they told her, 
D
Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier.
EM                 D
Our love will never end, 
C                                      G
Waiting for the soldier to come back again,

Never more to be alone,
       D                              G
When a letter says a soldier's coming home.


       G
So the letters came from an army camp in California,
                     C
Then Vietnam, and he told her of his heart, 
                      G
It might be love, and all of the 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,
      C                                 G
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile.
      F                     C                   G
Don't worry, but I won't be able to write for a while."


EM  D      C                                     G
How I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

Too young for him they told her,
D
Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier.
EM                D
Our love will never end,

C                                      G
Waiting for the soldier to come back again.

Never more to be alone,
         D                              G
When the letter says a soldier's coming home.


G   C   G      C   G   F   C   G
INSTRUMENTAL


    G
One Friday night at a football game,

The Lord's Prayer said, and the anthem sang,
  C
A man said "Folks, would you bow your heads,
      G
For a list of local Vietnam dead."

Crying all alone under the stands,

Was the Piccolo player and the marching band,
    C                                 G
And one name ready, and nobody really cares,
      F                  C                 G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair.


EM    D      C                                    G
How I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

Too young for him they told her,
D
Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier.
EM                 D
Our love will never end,
C                                      G
Waiting for the soldier to come back again.

Never more to be alone,
         D                                G    C   G
When the letter says the soldier's coming home.