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Date: 4/3/99; 12:05:34 AM
From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com (Rick)
Subject: CRD:Travellin Soldier             Bruce Robison              Chords/Lyrics

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 

http://brucerobison.com/


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)