Travelling Man

Intro:
  D   Em   G   D  x2
  A   A7sus2


First verse:

        D              Em
  I'm a travelling man a-moving
      F#m               G
  You name it I've been there
A                     G/B               A             Em7
  And night and day I strive to sell my wares, now...

      D             Em
  Got nothing I can show you
F#m                   G
  And nothing you can wear
A                   G/B               A           Em7
  But hang around a while and lend an ear, now...

        Bm              F#m
  While travellin' on a freight-train
         G            A
  On the Rocky Island line
     Bm              F#m
  My young love said to me
     G                A
  My mother she don't mind

          Em                  F#m
  Through twelve gates of the city
    G            A7
  I came into my prime
        D                Em            G      D
  I was singing songs of wild mountain thyme


Repeat intro:
  D   Em   G   D


Second verse:

  D           Em
  Sing little birdie
           F#m              G
  From the greenwood side-e-o
            A                  G/B            A              Em7
  Where the trees they do grow high, come say hello, now...

  D           Em
  Summer is a-coming
          F#m             G
  And I'm standing on the shore
A                         G/B             A             Em7
  And where I'm bound, oh Lord I can't be sure, now...

           Bm      F#m
  From the Arizona dustbowl
      G              A
  Out to Van Diemons land
         Bm                 F#m
  To the North-West Passage snowbound
             G                 A
  Where Lord Franklin made his stand

        Em             F#m
  While high above I'm singing
          G            A7
  With my guitar in my hand
          D                  Em            G     D
  And I'm thinking about one tiny grain of sand


Repeat intro:
  D   Em   G   D


Third verse:

     D             Em
  If anyone should ask me
       F#m           G
  If I be a rambling boy
A                     G/B           A      Em7
  The sporting life I know I have enjoyed

        D         Em
  Met a lady from Louisville
    F#m            G
  A-pleasing to my mind
      A                G/B                       A     Em7
  She took my hand and said, would you please be kind

               Bm          F#m
  And from the foggy dew I stumbled
    G          A
  Into a shady grove
            Bm               F#m
  Where the redbird sang his sweet song
     G                A
  He sang of careless love
          Em               F#m
  And the bells of Rhymney ringing out
      G                  A7
  And brought the people round
         D               Em                G     D
  Saying welcome to your friendly travelling man
D                 Em            G         D
  Welcome to your friendly travelling man


Outro:
  D   Em   G   D
  A   A    D