Travelin' Soldier

Two days past eighteen.

He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens.

Sat (D)down in a booth in a café there.

Gave his (A5)order to a girl with a bow in her hair.

He's a little shy so she gives him a smile.

And he said, "Would you mind sittin' down for a while and talkin' to me?

I'm feelin' a little low."

She said, "I'm (G)off in an hour and I know where we can (A5)go."

So they went down and they sat on the pier.

He said, "I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care.

I got no one to send a letter to.

Would you (G)mind if I sent one back here to you?"

(F#m)I cried, (D)never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

(A5)Too young for him, they told her.

(E5)Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier.

(F#m)Our love will never end.

Waitin' for the soldier to come back (A5)again.

Never more to be alone when the (E5)letter said a soldier's comin' home.

So the letters came from an army camp in California,

then Vietnam.

And he told (D)her of his heart.

It might be love and all (A5)of the things he was so scared of.

He said, "When it's gettin' kind of rough over here I think of that day sittin' down at the pier.

And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile.

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

(E5)letter said a soldier's comin' (A5)home.

(A5)One Friday night at a football game,

the Lord's prayer said and the Anthem sang,

a man (D)said, "Folks, would you bow your heads for a (A5)list of local Vietnam dead."

Cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band.

And one (D)name read and nobody really cared

but a (G)pretty little girl (D)with a bow in her hair.

(F#m)I cried, (D)never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

(A5)Too young for him, they told her.

(E5)Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier.

(F#m)Our love will never end.

Waitin' for the soldier to come back again.

(A5)Never more to be alone when the (E5)letter said a soldier's comin'.

(F#m)I cried, (D)never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

(A5)Too young for him, they told her.