Traveling Soldier

here’s the video i learned this song from :

capo 2 standard tuning

traveling soldier : dixie chicks

G
two days past 18 he was waiting for a bus in his army greens
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sat down at a booth in a cafe there , gave his order to a girl with a bow in

her hair
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he’s a little shy so she gives him a smile and he said would you mind
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sittin down for a while 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

G
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’ve got no one to send a letter to . would you mind if i sent one back here

to you?”

Em
i cried
C
never gonna hold the hand of another guy
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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
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never more to be alone
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when the letters said , a soldiers coming home

G
so the letters came from an army camp , in california then vietnam
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and he told her of his heart , might be lovin all of things he was so

scared of
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he said when things were getting kinda rough over here , i think of that day
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sittin down at the pier 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

G
one friday night at a football game , the lord’s prayer said and the anthem
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sang a man said folks would you bow your head for a list of local vietnam

dead
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cryin all alone under the stands was a 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