G5 Two days past 18, he was waitin for a bus in his army greens C5 sat down in a booth, at a cafe there G5 gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair hes a little shy so she give him a smile C5 and he said would you mind sitting down for a while, and talking G5 Im feeling a little low D5 C5 G5 she said im off in an hour and I know where we can go G5 so they went down and they sat on the peir he said I bet you got a boyfriend but I dont care C5 G5 Ive got noone, to send a letter to D5 C5 G5 would you mind if I sent one back here to you? (chorus) E5 D5 I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy, C5 too young for him they told her G5 waiting for the love of a travelling soldier E5 D5 our love will never end, waiting for that soldier to come back again C5 never gonna be alone D5 G5 when the letter said, soldiers coming home, so the letters came from an army camp, in california then veitnam and he told her of his heart, it might be love and all of the things he was so scared of he said when its getting kinda rough over here I think of that day sitting down at the pier and I close my eyes and see your pretty smile dont worry but I wont be able to write for a while (chorus) (Softer Strumming) one friday night at a football game the lords prayer said and the anthem sang and the man said folks, would you bow your heads for a list of local veitnam dead crying all alone under the stands was a pickalo player in a marching band and one name read, nobody really cared except a pretty little girl, with a bow in her hair (chorus x2)