{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1705217,"song":"Why Do The Wrong People Travel","artist":"Noël Coward","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11076298-why-do-the-wrong-people-travel-tab-by-noel-coward/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1705217?type=tab","rating":0.00962,"votes":0,"content":"This is fun musical complaint about travel. \r\n\r\nThe original tuning of this is in B-major, which is very hard to play. I have transposed it to Cmajor, \r\nI think this is easier -- but there may be hiccups somewhere, still testing it. \r\n\r\nHelp appreciated!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nTravel they say improves the mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nan irritating platitude, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhich frankly, entre nous, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nis very far from true.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nPersonally I've yet to find [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nthat longitude and latitude [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\ncan educate those scores[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nof monumental bores[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nwho travel in groups [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand herds and troupes [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nof various breeds and sexes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill the whole world reels [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nto shouts and squeals[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nand the clicking of Roliflexes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWhy do the wrong people travel, travel, travel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWhen the right people stay back home?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nWhat compulsion compels them[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]G7-9[/ch]     \r\nand who the hell tells them[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]    \r\nTo drag their bags to Zanzibar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Fm6[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] \r\ninstead of staying quietly in O - ma     ha?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nThe Taj Mahal [/tab]\r\n         Fsus9\r\nand the Grand Canal\r\n[tab]        [ch]C9[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand the sunny French Riviera[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C9[/ch] \r\nwould be less oppressed [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nIf the Middle West [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nwould settle for somewhere [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nrather nearer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nPlease do not think that [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI criticize or cavil [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C7+[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nat a genuine urge to roam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nbut why oh why do the wrong people travel[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen the right people stay back home [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   \r\nand mind their bus'ness[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen the right people stay back home [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nwith television[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen the right people stay back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]    \r\nI'm merely asking why the right people stay back home?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nJust when you think romance is ripe [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nit rather sharply dawns on you [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat each sweet serenade[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nis for the tourist trade[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C6[/ch]\r\nAny attractive native type [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nwho resolutely fawns on you [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwill give as his address[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAmerican Express[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere isn't a rock [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nbetween Bangkok [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nand the beaches of Hispianola[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat does not recoil from [/tab]\r\nG7                 C7(6)      G7\r\nsuntan oil and the gurgle of Coca-Cola\r\n\r\n---Refrain---\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]Cdim[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWhy do the wrong people travel, travel, travel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWhen the right people stay back home?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nWhat explains this mass mania[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]G7-9[/ch]     \r\nto leave Pennsylvania[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]  \r\nand clack around like flocks of geese [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]\r\ndemanding dry martinis?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Fm6[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nOn the isles of   Greece?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C9[/ch]\r\nIn the smallest street[/tab]\r\n          Fsus9  \r\nwhere the gourmets meet,\r\n[tab]       [ch]C9[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nthey invariably fetch up[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C9[/ch]                  [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nand it's hard to make them accept a steak [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch] \r\nthat isn't served rare [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nand smeared with ketchup[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt would take years to unravel, ravel ravel[/tab]\r\n\r\nevery impulse that makes them roam\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nbut why oh why do the wrong people travel[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen the right people stay back home [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]   \r\nand eat hot doughnuts,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen the right people stay back home [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nwith all that lettuce[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] \r\nwhen the right people stay back home [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]    \r\nI sometimes wonder why the right people stay back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n---Refrain---\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]Cdim[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWhy do the wrong people travel, travel, travel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWhen the right people stay back home?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nWhat peculiar obsessions [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]G7-9[/ch]     \r\ninspire those processions[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]C7[/ch]  \r\nof families from Houston, Tex.,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nwith all those cameras [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Fm6[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\naround their necks?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[as above, from","plain_text":"This is fun musical complaint about travel. \n\nThe original tuning of this is in B-major, which is very hard to play. I have transposed it to Cmajor, \nI think this is easier -- but there may be hiccups somewhere, still testing it. \n\nHelp appreciated!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         Fsus9\nand the Grand Canal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG7                 C7(6)      G7\nsuntan oil and the gurgle of Coca-Cola\n\n---Refrain---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n          Fsus9  \nwhere the gourmets meet,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nevery impulse that makes them roam\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---Refrain---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[as above, from","chords":["B","C","C6","Dm7","G7","Cm","Am7","C7","F","B7","D","Cmaj7","Fm","Cdim","G7-9","Fm6","C9","C7+"]}