G Two days past 18, he was waiting for the bus in his army greens CG Sat down at a booth in a cafe there, gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair G He's a little shy so she give him a smile and he said would you mind CG Sittin' down for a while and talking to me, I'm feeling a little low FCG She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
G So they went down and they sat on the pier, he said "I bet you got a boyfriend but I CGFCG don't care, I got no one to send a letter to. Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?"
Em I cried CG Never gonna hold the hand of another guy Too young, for him they told her D Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier Em Our love will never end CG Waitin' for the soldier to come back again Never more to be alone DG When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
G So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam CG And he told her of his heart, it might be love and all of things he was so scared of G He said when it's gettin' kinda rough over here, I think of that day CG Sittin' down at the pier and I close my eyes and see your pretty smile FCG Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while
Em I cried CG Never gonna hold the hand of another guy Too young, for him they told her D Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier Em Our love will never end CG Waitin' for the soldier to come back again Never more to be alone DG When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
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G One Friday night at a football game, the Lord's Prayer said and the anthem CG sang, a man said folks would you bow your heads for a list of local Vietnam dead G Cryin' all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band CG And one name read and nobody really cared FCG But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
Em I cried CG Never gonna hold the hand of another guy Too young, for him they told her D Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier Em Our love will never end CG Waitin' for the soldier to come back again Never more to be alone D When the letter says, a soldier's coming Em I cried CG Never gonna hold the hand of another guy Too young, for him they told her D Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier Em Our love will never end CG Waitin' for the soldier to come back again Never more to be alone DG When the letter says, a soldier's coming home