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

[Verse 2]
        G
So they went down and they sat on the pier, he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I
              C                            G              F              C                G
don't care, I got no one to send a letter to.  Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"

[Chorus]
Em
I cried
 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Em
Our love will never end
 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone
          D                               G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home

[Verse 3]
        G
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam
        C                                          G
And he told her of his heart, it might be love and all of things he was so scared of
    G
He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here, I think of that day
                                C                                 G
Sittin' down at the pier 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                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Em
Our love will never end
 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone
          D                               G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home

[Solo]
| G     | G    | C    | G    |
| G     | G    | C    | G    |
| F  C  | G    | G

[Verse]
    G
One Friday night at a football game, the Lord's Prayer said and the anthem
         C                                             G
sang, a man said folks would you bow your heads for a list of local Vietnam dead
 G
Cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band
    C                                G
And one name read and nobody really cared
       F                C               G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

[Chorus]
Em
I cried
 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Em
Our love will never end
 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone
          D
When the letter says, a soldier's coming

Em
I cried
 C                                     G
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy

Too young, for him they told her
 D
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Em
Our love will never end
 C                                      G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again

Never more to be alone
          D                                G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home

[Outro]
G   C   G   C
(repeat and fade out)