Bruce Robison - "Travelin' Soldier"

Artist: Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis
Title: Travelin Soldier
Released: May 2003

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis - Travelin Soldier

--->(Capo on 2nd Fret)<---

(There is no intro in this version)

(verse 1)

A
Two days past eighteen,

He was waiting for the bus in his army greens,
D
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there,
A
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair,
A
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile,
A
So he said would you mind sitting down for a while,
D A
And talking to me , I'm feeling a little low,

(verse 2)
G D A
She said I'm off in an hour, And I know where we can go,
A
So they went down and they sat on the pier,
A
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care,
D A
I got no one to send a letter to,
G D A
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you,

(chorus)

F#m D A
I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy,
A
Too young for him they told her,
E7
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier,
F#m
My love will never end,
D
Waiting for the soldier to come back again,
A E7
Never more to be alone when the letter says,
A
My soldiers coming home,

(verse 3)

A
Well the letters came from an army camp,
In California and Viet Nam,
He told her of his heart and it might be love,
And all of the things he was so scared of,
He said when it's getting kinda tough over here,
I think of that day sitting down at the pier,
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile,
Don't worry but, I won't be able to write for awhile,

(chorus)

F#m D A
I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy,

Too young for him they told her,
E7
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier,
F#m
Our love will never end,
D A
Waiting for the soldier to come back again,
E7
Never more to be alone when the letter says,
A
My soldiers coming home,

(Lead chords A - D - A - D - A - G - D - A )

(verse 4 )

A
One Friday night at a football game,

The lords prayer said and the anthem sang,
D
The man said, Folks would you bow your head,
A
For the list of local Viet-Nam dead,
A
Crying all alone under the stands,

Was the picolo player in the marching band,
D A
And one name read nobody really cared,
G D A
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair,

(chorus)

I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy,
Too young for him they told her,
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier,
My love will never end,
Waiting for the soldier to come back again,
Never more to be alone when the letter says,
My soldiers coming,
My soldiers coming home,

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