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Traveling Soldier chords by
The Chicks
The Chicks

Verse 1
G

Two days past eighteen

He was Waiting for the bus in his army green
C

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 give him a smile

And he said

"Would you mind sittin' down for a while
C
G

and talkin' to me, I'm feeling a little low"
F

She said "I'm off in an hour
C
G

and I know where we can go"
Verse 2
G

So they went down and they sat on the pier

He said "I bet you got a boyfriend
C

but I don't care I got no one
G

to send a letter to
F
C

Would you mind if I sent one back
G

here to you?"
Chorus 1
Em
D

I cried
C
G

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her
D
Em

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
D

Our love will never end
C
G

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
D

Never more to be alone when the letter says
G

A soldier's coming home
Verse 3
G

So the letters came from an army camp

In California then Vietnam
C

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
C

And I close my eyes
G

and see your pretty smile
F
C

Don't worry but I won't be able
G

to write for a while"
Chorus 2
Em
D

I cried
C
G

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her
D
Em

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
D

Our love will never end
C
G

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
D

Never more to be alone when the letter says
G

A soldier's coming home
Solo 1
G
G
C
G

Solo 2
G
G
C
G

F
C
G
G

Verse 4
G

One Friday night at a football game

The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
C

A man said folks would you bow your head
G

For the list of local Vietnam dead

Crying all alone under the stands

Was the 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 3
Em
D

I cried
C
G

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her
D
Em

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
D

Our love will never end
C
G

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
D

Never more to be alone when the letter says

A soldier's coming
Em
D

I cried
C
G

Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young for him they told her
D
Em

Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
D

Our love will never end
C
G

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
D

Never more to be alone when the letter says
G

A soldier's coming home
Outro 1
G
C
G
C

G
C
G
C

[Repeat and fade}

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