---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travellin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lovely Song, here are my corrections on previous tabs: Tuning: Standard Chords Used: A (x02220@1) x02220 D (xx0232@1) xx0232 G (320003@1) 320033 F#m 244222 E (022100@1) 022100 E7* 020100 (*optional!) Verse: A (x02220@1)Two days past 18, he was waiting for a bus in his army greens, D (xx0232@1)Sat down at a booth, at a cafe there, A (x02220@1)Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair. A (x02220@1)He's a little shy, so she give him a smile, A (x02220@1)And he said: "Would you mind sitting down for a while, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low?" G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) (A) She said: "I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go." A (x02220@1) So they went down and they sat on the pier, A (x02220@1) He said: "I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)I got no-one to send a letter to. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?" Chorus: F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)I cried, I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, A (x02220@1)Too young for him, they told her. E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier. F#m (244222@1)Our love will never end, D (xx0232@1)Waiting for the soldier to come back again. A (x02220@1)Never more to be alone, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) (A) When the letter says: A soldier's coming home. Verse: A (x02220@1)So the letters came from an army camp, A (x02220@1)In California, then Vietnam. D (xx0232@1)And he told her of his heart, he might be in love, A (x02220@1)And all the things he was so scared of A (x02220@1)He said: "When it's getting kinda rough over here, A (x02220@1)I think of that day sitting down at the peir, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)And I close my eyes, and see your pretty smile, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Now don't worry, but I won't be able to write for a while." Chorus: F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)I cried, I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, A (x02220@1)Too young for him, they told her. E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier. F#m (244222@1)Our love will never end, D (xx0232@1)Waiting for the soldier to come back again. A (x02220@1)Never more to be alone, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) (A) When the letter says: A soldier's coming home. A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Ax2 (x02220@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)Verse: A (x02220@1)One Friday night at a football game, A (x02220@1)The Lord's prayer said, and the anthem sang, D (xx0232@1)And a man said: "Folk's, would you bow your head, A (x02220@1)For a list of the local, Vietnam dead." A (x02220@1)Crying all alone, under the stand, A (x02220@1)Was a piccolo player in the marching band. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)And one name read, and nobody really cared, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) ABut (x02220@1)a pretty little girl, with a bow in her hair. Chorus: F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)I cried, I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, A (x02220@1)Too young for him, they told her. E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier. F#m (244222@1)Our love will never end, D (xx0232@1)Waiting for the soldier to come back again. A (x02220@1)Never more to be alone, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) When the letter says: A soldier's coming... F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)I cried, I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, A (x02220@1)Too young for him, they told her. E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier. F#m (244222@1)Our love will never end, D (xx0232@1)Waiting for the soldier to come back again. A (x02220@1)Never more to be alone, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) (A) When the letter says: A soldier's coming home. A D (repeat til fade!)
