Traveling Soldier original guitar chords by
The Chicks

2002Country10.5K views

Key: A majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1
G G 
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Two days past eighteen
He was Waiting for the bus in his army green
C C 
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Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
G G 
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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 C 
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G G 
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and talkin' to me, I'm feeling a little low"
F F 
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She said "I'm off in an hour
C C 
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G G 
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and I  know where we can go"

Verse 2
G G 
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So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said "I bet you got a boyfriend
C C 
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but I don't care I got no one
G G 
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to send a letter to
F F 
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C C 
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Would you mind if I sent one back
G G 
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D/F# D/F# 
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here to you?"

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

Verse 3
G G 
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So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
C C 
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And he told her of his heart
G G 
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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 C 
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And I close my eyes
G G 
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and see your pretty smile
F F 
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C C 
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Don't worry but I won't be able
G G 
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to write for a while"

Chorus 2
Em Em 
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D D 
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I cried
C C 
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G G 
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Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
D D 
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Em Em 
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Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
D D 
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Our love will never end
C C 
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G G 
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Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
D D 
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Never more to be alone when the letter says
G G 
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A soldier's coming home

Solo 1

G

G

C

G

Solo 2

G

G

C

G

F

C/E

G

G

Verse 4
G G 
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One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
C C 
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A man said folks would you bow your head
G G 
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For the list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
C C 
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G G 
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And one name read and nobody really cared
F F 
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C C 
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G G 
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But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

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

Outro 1

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

[Repeat and fade}

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG C F D/F# Em...

Chords

G
C
F
D/F#
Em
D
C/E
Ebdim
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
D/F#: 2-x-0-2-3-x
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
C/E: 0-3-2-0-1-0
Ebdim: x-x-1-2-x-2

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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