Travelin’ Soldier
Recorded by The Chicks
Album: Home (2002)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
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(Verse)
(G) Two  days past 18  he was waiting for the bus in his army greens
Sat (C)down at a booth in a cafe there
Gave his (G)order to a girl with a bow in her hair
(G)He’s a little shy so she gives him a smile
And he said would you mind sitten down for a while
And (C)talking to me, I’m feeling a little low (G)
She said I’m (F)off in an hour and (C)I know where we can (G)go

(Pre-Chorus)
So they (G)went down and they sat on the pier
He said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I don’t care
I’ve (C)got no one to send a letter to (G)
Would you (F)mind if I sent (C)one back here to (G)you "

(Chorus)
(Em) I cried
(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)letters said, a soldiers coming home (G)

(Verse)
So the (G)letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam
And he (C)told her of his heart, might be lovin (G)all of thigns he was so
scared (D)of
He (G)said when things were getting kinda rough over here, I think of that day
Sittin down at the pier and I (C)close my eyes and see your pretty (G)smile
Don’t (F)worry but I won’t be (C)able to write for a (G)while

(Chorus)
(Em) I criedC majorC
(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)letters said, a soldiers coming (G)home

(Solo)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |
|(F) / / / |(Em) / (D)(B)|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / /

(Verse)
One (G)Friday night at a football game
The Lord’s prayer said and the anthem sang
A (C)man said folks would you bow your heads
For a (G)list of local Vietnam dead
(G)Cryin all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band
And (C)one name read and nobody really cared (G)
But a (F)pretty little girl (C) with a bow in (G)her hair

(Chorus)
(G) I cried
(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)letters said, a soldiers coming home

(Chorus)
(G) I cried
(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)letters said, a soldiers coming home

(Outro.)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / / | x Repeat 8 times to fade