Dixie Chicks - Travelin' Soldier

By axehappy - axehappy@countrytabs.com

Capo: 2nd Fret

[G]Two days past 18, 
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens.
Sat [C]down in the booth at the cafe there,
Gave his [G]order to a girl with a bow in her hair.
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile,
And he said "Would you mind sitting down for a while,
And [C]talking to me, I'm feeling a little [G]low."
She said "I'm [F]off in an hour, and [C]I know where we can [G]go."

So they [G]went down and they sat on the pier,
He said "I bet you've got a boyfriend, but I don't care,
I've [C]got no-one to send a letter to [G]
Would you [F]mind if I sent [C]one back here to [G]you?"

CHORUS:
[Em]How I [D]cried, [C]never gonna hold the hand of another [G]guy
Too young for him they told her, 
[D]Waiting for the love of a traveling soldier.
[Em]Our love will never [D]end
[C]Waiting for the soldier to come back a[G]gain
Never more to be alone
When a [D]letter says the soldier's coming [G]home

So the [G]letters came from an army camp in California,
Then Vietnam, and he [C]told her of his heart, 
It might be love, and [G]all of the things he was so scared of.
He said "When it's gettin' kinda rough over here,
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier,
And I [C]close my eyes and see your pretty [G]smile.
Don't [F]worry, but I won't be [C]able to write for a [G]while."

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL:  [G]   [C]   [G]
               [C]   [G]   [F]   [C]   [G]

One [G]Friday night at a football game,
The Lord's Prayer said, and the anthem sang,
A [C]man said "Folks, would you bow your heads,
For a [G]list of local Vietnam dead."
Crying all alone under the stands,
Was the Piccolo player and the marching band,
And [C]one name read, and nobody really [G]cared,      
But a [F]pretty little girl [C]with a bow in her [G]hair

CHORUS (x2)

OUTRO:  [C]   [G]