Capo: on 2nd fret
(Standard tuning)
Chords: G, C, F, D, Em
(Verse)
[G]Two days past eighteen
he was waiting for the bus in his army green
Sat [C]down at a booth in a cafe there,
[G]gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
[G]He’s a little shy so she gives him a smile
and he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
and [C]talking to me, I’m feeling a little [G]low
She said I’m [F]off in an hour and [C]I know where we can [G]go
(Pre-Chorus)
[G]So they went down and they sat on the pier
he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I don’t care,
I’ve [C]got no one to send a letter [G]to.
Would you [F]mind if I sent [C]one back here to [G]you"
(Chorus)
[Em]I cried
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
[G]Too young, for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin soldier
[Em]Our love will never end
[C]Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
[G]Never more to be alone
[D]When the letters said, a soldiers coming [G]home
(Verse)
So the [G]letters came from an army camp,
in California then Vietnam
And he [C]told her of his heart, might be love
and all [G]of thigns he was so scared of
[G]He said when it's getting kinda rough over here,
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
and I [C]close my eyes and see your pretty [G]smile
Don’t [F]worry but I won’t be [C]able to write for a [G]while
(Chorus)
[Em]I cried
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
[G]Too young, for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin soldier
[Em]Our love will never end
[C]Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
[G]Never more to be alone
[D]When the letters said, a soldiers coming [G]home
(Verse)
One [G]Friday night at a football game,
the Lord’s Prayer said and the anthem sang
a [C]man said "Folks would you bow your head
for a [G]list of local Vietnam dead"
[G]Cryin' all alone under the stands
was a piccolo player in the marching band
And [C]one name read and nobody really [G]cared
But a [F]pretty little girl [C]with a bow in her [G]hair
(Chorus)
[Em]I cried
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
[G]Too young, for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin soldier
[Em]Our love will never end
[C]Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
[G]Never more to be alone
[D]When the letters said, a soldiers coming [G]home
(Chorus)
[Em]I cried
[C]Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
[G]Too young, for him they told her
[D]Waitin' for the love of a travelin soldier
[Em]Our love will never end
[C]Waitin’ for the soldier to come back again
[G]Never more to be alone
[D]When the letters said, a soldiers coming [G]home