Tom: A
G
Two days past 18, he was waiting for the bus in his army greens
C
G
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
C
G
Sittin' down for a while and talking to me, I'm feeling a little low
F
C
G
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
C
G
F
C
G
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
C
G
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
C
G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
D
G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
G
So the letters came from an army camp, in California then Vietnam
C
G
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
C
G
Sittin' down at the pier and I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
F
C
G
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while
Em
I cried
C
G
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
C
G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
D
G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
G
C
G
G
C
G
F
C
G
G
One Friday night at a football game, the Lord's Prayer said and the anthem
C
G
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
C
G
And one name read and nobody really cared
F
C
G
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
Em
I cried
C
G
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
C
G
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
C
G
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
C
G
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
D
G
When the letter says, a soldier's coming home
G
C
G
C
(repeat and fade out)