Travelin Soldier Acoustic Live chords by Dixie Chicks

• Capo on 2nd

Performance: MMXVI Tour

Intro:

G
Two days past eighteen

He was waiting for the bus in his army green
    Cadd9
Sat down in a booth in a café there
           G
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 sittin' down for a while
     Cadd9                              G
And talkin' to me
I'm feeling a little low
            F6sus2                Cadd9             G
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go



Verse 1:
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                    G
I've got no one to send a letter to
         F6sus2             Cadd9          G
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?

Chorus:
Em  D
I cried
Cadd9
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                   D
Our love will never end
Cadd9
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G                              D
Never gonna be alone when the letter said
                   G
A soldier's coming home

Verse 2:
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
G
He said when it's gettin' 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
      F6sus2              Cadd9               G
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

Chorus:
Em  D
I cried
Cadd9
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                   D
Our love will never end
Cadd9                                     G
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

Interlude:
G,Cadd9,G,Cadd9

Bridge:
G
One Friday night at a football game

The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
   D
A man said folks would you bow your heads
             Cadd9                 G
For a listed local Vietnam dead

Verse 3:
G
Crying all alone under the stands

Was a piccolo player in the marching band
             Cadd9                  G
And one name read and nobody really cared
      F6sus2                    Cadd9       G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

Chorus:
Em  D
I cried
Cadd9
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                   D
Our love will never end
Cadd9
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G                             D
Never gonna be alone when the letter says

A soldier's coming

Chorus:
Em  D
I cried
Cadd9
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                  D
Our love will never end
Cadd9
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
G                             D
Never gonna be alone when the letters said
                       G
A soldier's coming home

Instrumental:
G Cadd9 G



CHORDS USED:
G: 320033
Cadd9: 032033
F6sus2: 003033
D: 000232
Em: 022000