{"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":878409,"song":"Travelling Man","artist":"Bert Jansch","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11604847-travelling-man-chords-by-bert-jansch/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/878409?type=chord","rating":4.72998,"votes":3,"content":"I first heard this song yesterday, and I loved it so much I had to learn it.\r\nSo I did, then I put it up here. It probably isn't perfect, but it sounds good enough to me.\r\n\r\nThe strumming pattern is pretty simple, you should be able to figure something out \r\nfrom listening to the song.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n  [ch]A[/ch]   A7sus2\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst verse:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I'm a travelling man a-moving[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  You name it I've been there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  And night and day I strive to sell my wares, now...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Got nothing I can show you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And nothing you can wear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]G/B[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  But hang around a while and lend an ear, now...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  While travellin' on a freight-train[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  On the Rocky Island line[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  My young love said to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  My mother she don't mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  Through twelve gates of the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n  I came into my prime[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  I was singing songs of wild mountain thyme[/tab]\r\n  \r\n\r\nRepeat intro:\r\n  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nSecond verse:\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n  Sing little birdie[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  From the greenwood side-e-o[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G/B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  Where the trees they do grow high, come say hello, now...[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Summer is a-coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And I'm standing on the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G/B[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  And where I'm bound, oh Lord I can't be sure, now...[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  From the Arizona dustbowl[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Out to Van Diemons land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  To the North-West Passage snowbound[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Where Lord Franklin made his stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  While high above I'm singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n  With my guitar in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  And I'm thinking about one tiny grain of sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRepeat intro:\r\n  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  \r\n\r\nThird verse:\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  If anyone should ask me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  If I be a rambling boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  The sporting life I know I have enjoyed[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Met a lady from Louisville[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  A-pleasing to my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G/B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n  She took my hand and said, would you please be kind[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  And from the foggy dew I stumbled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Into a shady grove[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  Where the redbird sang his sweet song[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  He sang of careless love[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  And the bells of Rhymney ringing out[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n  And brought the people round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Saying welcome to your friendly travelling man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Welcome to your friendly travelling man[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nOutro:\r\n  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA great song by a great artist! Seeing as I like this guy quite a lot, more Bert \r\nJansch tunes might come up in the future.","plain_text":"I first heard this song yesterday, and I loved it so much I had to learn it.\nSo I did, then I put it up here. It probably isn't perfect, but it sounds good enough to me.\n\nThe strumming pattern is pretty simple, you should be able to figure something out \nfrom listening to the song.\n\n\n\nIntro:\n  D   Em   G   D  x2\n  A   A7sus2\n\n\nFirst verse:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nRepeat intro:\n  D   Em   G   D\n\n\nSecond verse:\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat intro:\n  D   Em   G   D\n  \n\nThird verse:\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nOutro:\n  D   Em   G   D\n  A   A    D\n\n\n\nA great song by a great artist! Seeing as I like this guy quite a lot, more Bert \nJansch tunes might come up in the future.","chords":["D","Em","G","A","F#m","G/B","Em7","Bm","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}