Bruce Robison Travellin Soldier written by Bruce Robison
Frank Braniff
Floyd Domino piano
John Ludwick bass
Ron Pangborne drums
Rich Brotherton guitar
Lloyd Maines steel guitar
Kelly Willis background vocals
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B E B 4x
B
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his army greens
E
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
B
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
B
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile
So he said would you mind sitting down for a while
E
And talking to me
B
I'm feeling a little low
A
She said I'm off in an hour
E B
And I know where we can go
B
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
E B
I got no one to send a letter to
A E B
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you
G#m E
I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
B
Too young for him they told her
F#
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
G#m
My love will never end
E
Waiting for the soldier to come back again
B F#
Never more to be alone when the letter says
B
My soldiers coming home
B
The letters came from an army camp
In California and Viet Nam
E
He told her of his heart It might be love
B
And all of the things he was so scared of
B
He said when it's getting kinda tough over here
I think of that day sitting down at the pier
E B
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
A
Don't worry but
E B
I won't be able to write for awhile
G#m E
I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
B
Too young for him they told her
F#
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
G#m
My love will never end
E
Waiting for the soldier to come back again
B F#
Never more to be alone when the letter says
B
My soldiers coming home
SOLO
B
One Friday night at a football game
The lords prayer said and the anthem sang
E
The man said
Folks would you bow your head
B
For the list of local Viet Name dead
B
Crying all alone under the stands
Was the picolo player in the marching band
E B
And one name read nobody really cared
A E B
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair
G#m E
I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
B
Too young for him they told her
F#
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
G#m
My love will never end
E
Waiting for the soldier to come back again
B F#
Never more to be alone when the letter says
My soldiers coming
G#m E
I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy
B
Too young for him they told her
F#
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier
G#m
My love will never end
E
Waiting for the soldier to come back again
B F#
Never more to be alone when the letter says
G#m E F# B
My soldiers coming home
From Bruce Robison "Bruce Robison"
Vireo Records 1995
Bruce Robison Music(BMI)
