Traveling Soldier Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Two days past eighteen
He was Waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat [C]down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his [G]order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she give him a smile
And he said
"Would you mind sittin' down for a while
and [C]talkin' to me, I'm feeling a little [G]low"
She said "I'm [F]off in an hour
and [C]I know where we can g[G]o"

[Verse 2]
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 [C]got no one
to send a letter [G]to
Would you [F]mind if I sent [C]one back
here to [G]you?"

[Chorus 1]
[Em]I crie[D]d
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another [G]guy
Too young for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' sol[Em]dier
Our love will never [D]end
[C]Waitin' for the soldier to come back a[G]gain
Never more to be alone when the [D]letter says
A soldier's coming [G]home

[Verse 3]
So the [G]letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he [C]told her of his heart
It might be love and [G]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
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 2]
[Em]I crie[D]d
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another [G]guy
Too young for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' sol[Em]dier
Our love will never [D]end
[C]Waitin' for the soldier to come back a[G]gain
Never more to be alone when the [D]letter says
A soldier's coming [G]home

[Solo 1]
[G][G][C][G]

[Solo 2]
[G][G][C][G]
[F][C][G][G]

[Verse 4]
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 head
For the [G]list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
And [C]one name read and nobody really [G]cared
But a [F]pretty little [C]girl with a bow in [G]her hair

[Chorus 3]
[Em]I crie[D]d
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another [G]guy
Too young for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' sol[Em]dier
Our love will never [D]end
[C]Waitin' for the soldier to come back a[G]gain
Never more to be alone when the [D]letter says
A soldier's coming
[Em]I crie[D]d
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another [G]guy
Too young for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin' sol[Em]dier
Our love will never [D]end
[C]Waitin' for the soldier to come back a[G]gain
Never more to be alone when the [D]letter says
A soldier's coming [G]home

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C]
[Repeat and fade}