G  Cadd9  G 4x 
 
G 
Two days past eighteen 
 
He was waiting for the bus in his army greens 
     Cadd9 
Sat down in a  booth in a cafe there 
         G 
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair 
G 
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile 
 
So he said would you mind sitting down for a while 
    Cadd9 
And talking to me 
                      G 
I'm feeling a little low 
              F 
She said I'm off in an hour  
Cadd9                    G 
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 don't care 
  Cadd9                         G 
I got no one to send a letter to 
          F              Cadd9              G            
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you 
 
Chorus: 
Em        C 
  I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy 
G 
 Too young for him they told her 
D 
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier 
Em 
My love will never end 
C 
Waiting for the soldier to come back again 
G                               D 
Never more to be alone when the letter says 
                   G 
My soldiers coming home 
 
 
G 
The letters came from an army camp 
 
In California and Viet Nam 
   Cadd9  
He told her of his heart It might be love 
    G 
And all of the things he was so scared of 
G 
He said when it's getting kinda tough over here 
 
I think of that day sitting down at the pier 
      Cadd9                              G 
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile 
      F 
Don't worry but  
           Cadd9               G 
I won't be able to write for awhile 
 
Chorus 
 
Solo (play verse) 
 
    G 
One Friday night at a football game 
 
The lords prayer said and the anthem sang 
Cadd9 
The man said 
 
Folks would you bow your head 
        G... 
For the list of local Viet Name dead    *(pause)* 
G 
Crying all alone under the stands 
 
Was the picolo player in the marching band 
    Cadd9                        G 
And one name read nobody really cared 
      F                  Cadd9              G  
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair 
 
Chorus 
 
Last Chorus: 
Em        C 
  I cried never gonna hold the hand of another guy 
G 
 Too young for him they told her 
D 
Waiting for the love of the travellin soldier 
Em 
My love will never end 
C 
Waiting for the soldier to come back again 
G                               D 
Never more to be alone when the letter says 
                   Em  Cadd9  D  G 
My soldiers coming home