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

Capo 2
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G
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army green
      Cadd9
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there

               G
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gives him a smile And he said, "Would you mind sittin' down for a while
         Cadd9         G
And talking to me?
I'm feeling a little low."
                       F                             Cadd9                                    
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 got a boyfriend but I don't care
  Cadd9
I got no one to send a letter to

G                F                     Cadd9                    G
Would you mind if I sent one back here to 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                                                    D
Never more to be alone when the letter said

                               G
A soldier's coming home

G
So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
Cadd9
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 getting kinda rough over here, I think of that day sittin' down at the pier.
Cadd9                                                           G
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile.

F                                                     Cadd9                       G
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile."
[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                                                    D
Never more to be alone when the letter said

                               G
A soldier's coming home

G
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sang
Cadd9
A man said, "Folks would you bow your heads

G
For a list of local Vietnam dead."
Crying all alone under the stands Was a piccolo player in the marching band
Cadd9                                                               G
And one name read but nobody really cared

F                                            Cadd9                  G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
[Chorus 2x]
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                                                    D
Never more to be alone when the letter said

                               G
A soldier's coming home

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                                                    D
Never more to be alone when the letter said

                               G
A soldier's coming home