Cody Johnson - Travelin soldier
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Capo: 2
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Tuning is drop D, half step down.
Capo 2
From CoJo’s cover on youtube
https://youtu.be/gOAabd-_rxw
**For D/F# chord Cody just hammers on pinky to 4th fret of D string**
[Intro]
D
Eb|------------2-----|
Bb|------------3-----|
Gb|------------2-----|
Db|-----0------4-----|
Ab|-0h2---2p0--0-----|
Db|------------0-----|
D D/F# D
[Verse 1]
DTwo days past eighteen, he was waiting on the
bus in his army green
Sat Gdown in a booth in a cafe there, gave his
Dorder to a girl with a bow in her hair
DHe's a little shy so she give him a smile
He said would you mind sittin' down for a
while, and Gtalking to me, I'm feeling pretty Dlow
She said I'm Am7off in an hour and GI know a
place we can Dgo
D D/F# D
[Verse 2]
DSo they went down and they sat on the pier,
he said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
Cuz’ I Ggot no one to send a letter Dto
Would you Am7mind if I sent oGne back here to yDou
[Chorus]
BmI cried
GNever gonna hold the hand of another guy
DToo young for him they told her
AWaitin' for the love of a travelin' A#dim7soldier
BmOur love will never end
GWaitin' for the soldier to come back again
DNever more to be alone
When the lAetter says, a soldier's coming hDome
D
[Verse 3]
So the lDetters came from an army camp, in
California then Vietnam
And he tGold her of his heart, how it might be
love and Dall of the things he was so scared of
He sDaid when it's getting kinda rough over
here, I sit and think about that day on the pier
And I cGlose my eyes and see your pretty sDmile
Don't wAm7orry but I won't be aGble to write for
a Dwhile
[Chorus]
BmI cried
GNever gonna hold the hand of another guy
DToo young for him they told her
AWaitin' for the love of a travelin' A#dim7soldier
BmOur love will never end
GWaitin' for the soldier to come back again
DNever more to be alone
When the lAetter says, a soldier's coming hDome
D
[Verse 4]
One DFriday night at a football game, the
Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
A mGan said folks would you bow your head, for
a Dlist of local Vietnam dDead
D D/F#
DCryin’ all alone underneath the stands, was
the piccolo player in the marching band
And Gone name read and nobody really cDared
Except that pAm7retty little girl with a Gbow in
her Dhair
[Chorus]
BmI cried
GNever gonna hold the hand of another guy
DToo young for him they told her
AWaitin' for the love of a travelin' A#dim7soldier
BmOur love will never end
GWaitin' for the soldier to
D D/F# D D
N.C.
come back again DNever more to be alone When the lAetter says, a soldier's coming hBmome G When the lAetter says, a soldier's coming hDome