Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier

By axehappy - axehappy at countrytabs.com

If you wanna play this using a capo on second fret, change the chords
as follows:

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

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

E  change to  D   =  xx0232



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A     
Today he's past 18, 
                     
He's waiting for the bus in his army greens.
    D
Sat down in a booth at a cafe there,
         A
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,
    D                                   A  
And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low."
              G                   D                   A
She said "I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go."


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

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


F#m   E      D                                     A
How I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

Too young for him they told her, 
E
Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier.
F#m                 E
Our love will never end, 
D                                      A
Waiting for the soldier to come back again,

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


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


F#m   E      D                                     A
How I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

Too young for him they told her,
E
Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier.
F#m                 E
Our love will never end,
D                                      A
Waiting for the soldier to come back again.

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


A   D   A      D   A   G   D   A
INSTRUMENTAL


    A
One Friday night at a football game,

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

Crying all alone under the stands,

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


F#    E      D                                    A
How I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

Too young for him they told her,
E
Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier.
F#m                 E
Our love will never end,
D                                      A
Waiting for the soldier to come back again.

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