Travelin’ soldier (intro) (midi) (sample)

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1. Two days past eighteen

he was waiting for the bus in his army greens,

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sat down in a booth in a café there,

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gave his orders to a girl with a bow in her hair.

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2. He's a little shy, so she gave him a smile,

and he said, “Would you mind sitting down for a while,

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and talking to me, I'm feeling a little low.”

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She said, “I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go.”

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3. 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.

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Would you mind, if I sent one back here to you ?

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I….I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

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too young for him they told her,

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waiting for the love of the travelin’ soldier.

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Our love will never end,

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waiting for the soldier to come back again,

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never more to be alone when the letter says,

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my soldier’s coming home.

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4. So the letters came from an army camp

in California, then Vietnam,

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and he told her of his heart and it might be love,

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and all of the things he was so scared of.

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5. He said, when it's getting kinda rough over here,

I think of that day sitting down at the pier.

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And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile.

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Don't worry, but I won't be able to write for a while.

Em C

I….I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

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too young for him they told her,

D

waiting for the love of a travelin’ soldier.

Em

Our love will never end,

C

waiting for the soldier to come back again,

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never more to be alone when the letter says,

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the soldier’s coming home.

+ instrumental = verses 4 & 5

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6. One Friday night at a football game,

the Lord’s Prayer said and the anthem sung,

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a man said Folks would you bow your head

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for the list of local Vietnam dead.

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7. Crying all alone under the stands

was the piccolo player in the marching band,

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and one name read and nobody really cared,

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but a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair.

Em C

I….I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

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too young for him they told her,

D

waiting for the love of the travelin’ soldier.

Em

Our love will never end,

C

waiting for the soldier to come back again,

G D

never more to be alone when the letter says,

G

my soldier’s coming (home)

+ repeat CHORUS + G - C G - C G - C ….

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Dixie Chicks)