Travelin Soldier
by Cody JohnsonTranspose
0
Capo
None
Size
100%
Tuning is drop D, half step down.
Capo 2
From CoJo’s cover on youtube
https://youtu.be/gOAabd-_rxw
**For D/F# chord Cody just hammers on pinky to 4th fret of D string**
Intro
Eb|------------
2-----|
Bb|------------3-----|
Gb|------------2-----|
Db|-----0------4-----|
Ab|-0h2---2p0--0-----|
Db|------------0-----|
Verse 1
Two days past eighteen, he was waiting on the
bus in his army green
Sat
down in a booth in a cafe there, gave his
order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she give him a smile
He said would you mind sittin' down for a
while, and
talking to me, I'm feeling pretty
low
She said I'm
off in an hour and
I know a
place we can
go
Verse 2
So they went down and they sat on the pier,
he said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
Cuz&rsq
uo; I got no one to send a l
etter to
Would you
mind if I sent o
ne back here to y
ou
Chorus
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin'
soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the l
etter says, a soldier's coming h
ome
Verse 3
So the l
etters came from an army camp, in
California then Vietnam
And he t
old her of his heart, how it might be
love and
all of the things he was so scared of
He s
aid when it's getting kinda rough over
here, I sit and think about that day on the pier
And I c
lose my eyes and see your pretty s
mile
Don't w
orry but I won't be a
ble to write for
a
while
Chorus
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin'
soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the l
etter says, a soldier's coming h
ome
Verse 4
One
Friday night at a football game, the
Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
A m
an said folks would you bow your head, for
a
list of local Vietnam d
ead
Cryin’ all alone underneath the stands, was
the piccolo player in the marching band
And
one name read and nobody really c
ared
Except that p
retty 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
Waitin' for the love of a travelin'
soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the l
etter says, a soldier's coming h
ome
When the l
etter says, a soldier's coming h
ome
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