**************************************************************************** Dixie Chicks Travelling Soldier **************************************************************************** 'Standard E tuning Verse 1 Two days past 18 He was waiting for a bus in his army greens, Sat down at a booth, at 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 sitting down for a while, And talking to me, I'm feeling a little low?" She said "I'm off in an hour, and I know where we can go." Chorus: I cried I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, "too young, for him!" they told her Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Our love will never end, Waiting for the soldier to come back again, Never more to be alone, When the letter says " A soldier is coming Home" Verse 2: So the letters came from an army camp, In california, then Viet-Nam, And he told her of his heart: He might be in love, And all the things he was so scared of He said "When it's getting kinda rough over here, I think of that day sitting down at the peir, And I close my eyes, and see your pretty Smile, Now don't worry, but I won't be able to write for a while. Chorus: I cried I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, "too young, for him!" they told her Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Our love will never end, Waiting for the soldier to come back again, Never more to be alone, When the letter says " A soldier is coming Home" 12 bar Instrumental break: , , , , , , , , , - , , Verse 3: One friday night at a football game, The lord's prayer said, and the anthem sang, And a man said "Folk's, would you bow your head, For I list a local, Viet-Nam Dead Crying all alone, under the stand, Was a piccolo player in the marching band And one name read, and nobody really cared, But a prettly little girl, with a bow in her hair Chorus: I cried I'm never gonna hold the hand of another guy, "too young, for him!" they told her Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Our love will never end, Waiting for the soldier to come back again, Never more to be alone, When the letter says " A soldier is coming..." I cried, Never gonna hold the hand of another guy, "too young, for him!" they told her Waiting for the love of a travelling soldier, Our love will never end, Waiting for the soldier to come back again, Never more to be alone, When the letter says " A soldier is coming home" Outro: (fade) -