Key: G
Introduction:
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Two days past 18 he was waiting for a bus in his army greens
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Sat down at a booth in a cafe there, gave his order to a girl with a bow in
her hair
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He's a little shy so she gives him a smile and he said would you mind
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Sittin down for a while and talking to me, I'm feeling a little low
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She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
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So they went down and they sat on the pier he said "I bet you got a boyfriend
but I don't care
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I've got no one to send a letter to. Would you mind if I sent one back here
to you?"
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 G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home
G
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam
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And he told her of his heart, might be lovin all of things he was so
scared of
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He said when things were getting kinda rough over here, I think of that day
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Sittin down at the pier and I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
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Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while
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 G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home
G
One Friday night at a football game, the Lord's prayer said and the anthem
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sang a man said folks would you bow your head for a list of local Vietnam
dead
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Cryin all alone under the stands was a piccolo player in the marching band
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And one name read and nobody really cared
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But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
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 G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home
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 G
When the letters said, a soldiers coming home