The Chicks (Dixie Chicks) – Travelin Soldier (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Versions (2)

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[Verse 1]
G
Two days past 18, he was waiting for the bus in his army greens

    C                                          G
Sat down at a booth in a cafe there, gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair

G
He's a little shy so she give him a smile and he said would you mind

                              C                                   G
Sittin' down for a while 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
[Verse 2]
        G
So they went down and they sat on the pier, he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I

              C                            G              F              C                G
don't care, I got no one to send a letter to.  Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"
[Chorus]
Em
I cried

 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Em
Our love will never end

 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
          D                               G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
[Verse 3]
        G
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam

        C                                          G
And he told her of his heart, it might be love and all of things he was so scared of

    G
He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here, I think of that day

                                C                                 G
Sittin' down at the pier 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
[Chorus]
Em
I cried

 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Em
Our love will never end

 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
          D                               G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
[Solo] | G | G | C | G | | G | G | C | G | | F C | G | G [Verse]
    G
One Friday night at a football game, the Lord's Prayer said and the anthem

         C                                             G
sang, a man said folks would you bow your heads for a list of local Vietnam dead

 G
Cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band

    C                                G
And one name read and nobody really cared

       F                C               G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
[Chorus]
Em
I cried

 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Em
Our love will never end

 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
          D
When the letter says, a soldier's coming

Em
I cried

 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier

Em
Our love will never end

 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
          D                                G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
[Outro]
G   C   G   C
(repeat and fade out)