**************************************************************************** Dixie Chicks Travelling Soldier **************************************************************************** 'Standard E tuning Verse 1 G Two days past 18 G He was waiting for a bus in his army greens, C Sat down at a booth, at a cafe there G Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair G He's a little shy, so she give him a smile, G And he said "Would you mind sitting down for a while, C And talking to me, I'm feeling a little G low?" F C G She said "I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go." G Chorus: Em I cried C I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, G "too young, for him!" they told her D Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Em Our love will never end, C Waiting for the soldier to come back again, G Never more to be alone, D When the letter says " A soldier is coming G Home" G Verse 2: G So the letters came from an army camp, G In california, then Viet-Nam, C And he told her of his heart: He might be in love, G And all the things he was so scared of G He said "When it's getting kinda rough over here, G I think of that day sitting down at the peir, C And I close my eyes, and see your pretty G Smile, F C G Now don't worry, but I won't be able to write for a while. G Chorus: Em I cried C I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, G "too young, for him!" they told her D Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Em Our love will never end, C Waiting for the soldier to come back again, G Never more to be alone, D When the letter says " A soldier is coming G Home" 12 bar Instrumental break: G, G, G, C, G, G, G, C, G, F - C, G,G Verse 3: G One friday night at a football game, G The lord's prayer said, and the anthem sang, C And a man said "Folk's, would you bow your head, G For I list a local, Viet-Nam Dead G Crying all alone, under the stand, G Was a piccolo player in the marching band C And one name read, and nobody really G cared, F C G But a prettly little girl, with a bow in her hair G Chorus: Em I cried C I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, G "too young, for him!" they told her D Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Em Our love will never end, C Waiting for the soldier to come back again, G Never more to be alone, D When the letter says " A soldier is coming..." Em I cried, C Never gonna hold the hand of another guy, G "too young, for him!" they told her D Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Em Our love will never end, C Waiting for the soldier to come back again, G Never more to be alone, D When the letter says " A soldier is coming G home" Outro: (fade) G G C G G G C G F-C G