Travelin Soldier
by Cody JohnsonTranspose
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Capo
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Size
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TRAVELIN' SOLDIER
As recorded by Cody Johnson
(2025 release)
This is for the just released studio version: https://youtu.be/fA4mAbk-3ik
Capo 1st fret
Cody Johnson plays this song tuned down 1/2 step with a capo at 2nd fret,
so the chords stay the same.
Intro
Verse 1
Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' on a bus in his army greens
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
And he said, "Would you mind sittin' down for a while
And
talkin' to me? I'm feelin'
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 sat on the pier
He said "I bet you got a boyfriend, but I don't care
Cause I
got no one, to send a letter t
o
Would you
mind if I sent
one back here to y
ou?"
Chorus
I cried
And
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
Nevermore to be alone
When the
letter says, "A soldier's comin' h
ome"
Verse 3
So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he
told her of his heart, it might be love
All of the things he was so scared of
He said, "When it's gettin' kinda rough over here
I sit and think about that day on the pier
And I
close my eyes and see your pretty sm
ile
Don't
worry but I won't be
able 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
Nevermore to be alone
When the
letter says, "A soldier's comin' h
ome"
Verse 3
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
And a
man said, "Folks, would you bow your heads
For a list of local Vietnam dead?
"
Verse 4
Cryin' all alone underneath the stands
Was a piccolo player in the marchin' band
And
one name read, and nobody really c
ared
Except that
pretty little girl
with a bow in h
er 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
Nevermore to be alone
When the
letter says, "A soldier's comin' h
ome"
When the
letter says, "A
soldier's comin' h
ome"
Outro
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