Travelin Soldier

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Two days past 18, he was waiting for
 the bus in his army greens
    C                              
Sat down at a booth in a cafe 
            G
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
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Sittin' down for a while and 
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talking to me, I'm feeling a little 
low
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She said I'm off in an hour and I 
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know where we can go

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

[Chorus]
Em
I cried
 C                                 
Never gonna hold the hand of 
    G
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                                 
Waitin' for the soldier to come 
     G
back again

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

[Verse 3]
        G
So the letters came from an army 
camp, in California then Vietnam
        C                       
And he told her of his heart, it 
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might be love and all of things he 
was so scared of
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He said when it's gettin' kinda 
rough over here, I think of that day
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Sittin' down at the pier and I 
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close my eyes and see your pretty 
smile
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Don't worry but I won't be able to
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 write for a while

[Chorus]
Em
I cried
 C                                 
Never gonna hold the hand of 
    G
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                                 
Waitin' for the soldier to come 
     G
back again

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

[Solo]
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[Verse]
    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 
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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                              
And one name read and nobody really
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 cared
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But a pretty little girl with a 
      G
bow in her hair

[Chorus]
Em
I cried
 C                                 
Never gonna hold the hand of 
    G
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                                 
Waitin' for the soldier to come 
     G
back again

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

Em
I cried
 C                                 
Never gonna hold the hand of 
    G
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                                 
Waitin' for the soldier to come 
     G
back again

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

[Other]
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(repeat and fade out)