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)