Travelin Soldier chords by Dixie Chicks (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
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 gives him a smile and he said would you mind
              C                  G
Sitten 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

Pre-Chorus:
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        F
don’t care I’ve got no one to send a letter to. 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
Never more to be alone
D                    G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home


Verse:
    G
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam
     C                   G
And he told her of his heart, might be lovin all of thigns he was so

scared of
G
He said when things were getting 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
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
D                    G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home


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 head 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
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
D                    G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home