Chords for Dixie Chicks - Traveling Soldier

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Two days past 18 he was waiting for the bus and his army green [D] sat down in a booth
Cafe there gave his [A] 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 [D] and talking to me?
I'm feeling a little [A] low
_ _ She _ _ [D] said I'm off in an hour [D] and I know where we can [A]
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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
[D] I got no one
to send a letter [A]
to
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Would you mind if I sent one back here to [A] you
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I
_ _ _ [A] Cried [D]
never gonna hold the hand of another [A]
guy too young him
They told [E] her waiting for the love of a traveling soldier
[F#m] _
Our love will never _ [D] end
Waiting for the soldier to [B] come back [A] again
Never more than be alone when the [E] letter said the soldiers come [A] home
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_ _ _ _ _ _ So letters came from an army camp in
California then Vietnam and [D] he told her of his heart might be
[A] Loving all of the things he was so scared of said when it's getting kind of rough over here
Think of that day sitting down here and [D] I close my eyes
See your pretty [A]
smile
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Don't worry, but I won't be [D] able to write for [A] a while
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_ _ I _ [A] cried [D]
never gonna hold the hand of another [A] guy
_ _ Him they told [E] her waiting for the traveling _ [F#m] soldier
_ _ And _ [E] _ _ [D]
waiting for the soldier to [Bm] come back [A]
again
Never more than be alone [E] when the letter said
_ _ soldiers come _ [A] Home _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said in the anthem saying [D] a man said folks
Would you bow your heads [A] for a list local?
_ Vietnam did
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_ _ _ _ _ _ cry
_ _ Under the stands was a low player in the marching [A] band [D] and one name red
_ Nobody really [A] _
cared
_ _ _ _ [G] But a pretty little [D] girl _ _ bowing her _ _ _ head
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Too young for him.
They told her waiting for the love of a traveling soldier
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] And [D]
waiting for the soldier to come back [A] again
Never more to be alone [E] when the letter said soldiers [A] _ [F#m] coming
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_ And they told [E] her
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Never _ more to be alone when [E] the letter said
soldiers coming _
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