Travelin’ Soldier Chords

Capo: 2nd fret
Key: A

[Verse 1]
G
 Two days past eighteen
       G
He was waitin' for the bus in his army green
     C
Sat down in a booth, in a cafe there
            G
He gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
 
 
[Verse 2]
G
He's a little shy so she give him a smile
      G
And he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
    C                                  G
And talkin' to me, I'm feelin' a little low
            F                 C
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
 
 
[Verse 3]
         G
So they went down and they sat on the pier
         G
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
  C                          G
I got no one, to send a letter to
        F              C          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
Never more to be alone
         D                             G
When the letter said, a soldier's comin' home
 
 
[Verse 4]
         G
So the letters came from an army camp
   G
In California then Afghanistan
        C
And he told her of his heart, it might be love
    G
And all of the things that he was so scared of
 
 
[Verse 5]
   G
He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here
   G
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
       C                              G
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
 
 
[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
Never more to be alone
        D                               G
When the letter said, a soldier's comin' home
 
 
[Verse 6]
    G
One Friday night at a football game
    G
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
  C
A man said "Folks, would you bow your head
   G
To a list of local soldiers dead"
 
 
[Verse 7]
G
Cryin' all alone under the stands
      G
Was a piccolo player in the marchin' band
   C                                G
And one name read, and nobody really cared
        F              C              G
But the pretty little girl, with a bow in her hair
 
 
[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
Never more to be alone
         D
When the letter said, a soldier's comin'...
 
 
[Outro]
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
Never more to be alone
         D                             G
When the letter said, a soldier's comin' home