Travelin Soldier

	 
[Strophe]
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 give him a smile and he said would you mind 
                              C                                   G 
Sittin' 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
[Strophe]
        G 
So they went down and they sat on the pier, he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I 
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don't care, I got no one to send a letter to.  Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"
[Refrain]
Em 
I cried 
 C                                     G 
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 
  
Too young, for him they told her 
 D 
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier 
Em 
Our love will never end 
 C                                      G 
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again 
  
Never more to be alone 
          D                               G 
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
[Strophe]
        G 
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam 
        C                                          G 
And he told her of his heart, it might be love and all of things he was so scared of 
    G 
He said when it's gettin' 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
[Refrain]
Em 
I cried 
 C                                     G 
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 
  
Too young, for him they told her 
 D 
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier 
Em 
Our love will never end 
 C                                      G 
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again 
  
Never more to be alone 
          D                               G 
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
[Solo]
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[Strophe]
    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 heads 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
[Refrain]
Em 
I cried 
 C                                     G 
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 
  
Too young, for him they told her 
 D 
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier 
Em 
Our love will never end 
 C                                      G 
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again 
  
Never more to be alone 
          D 
When the letter says, a soldier's coming  
Em 
I cried 
 C                                     G 
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy 
  
Too young, for him they told her 
 D 
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier 
Em 
Our love will never end 
 C                                      G 
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again 
  
Never more to be alone 
          D                                G 
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
[Outro]
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(repeat and fade out)