Travelin Soldier Ukulele chords by Dixie Chicks

"Travelin' Soldier"
Capo 2nd
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
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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