My Traveling Star - James Taylor Chords
Chords: B, G#m7, C#m7, E/F#, Gdim, F#m7, A/B, E, A7, Fdim
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B G#m7
Watch my back and light my way
C#m7 E/F#
My traveling star, my traveling star
B G#m7
Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day
C#m7 E/F# Gdim
Old road dog, young runaway
G#m7 F#m7 A/B
They hunger for home but they cannot stay
E A7
They wait by the door
G#m7
They stand and they stare
Fdim E/F#
They're already out of there
B G#m7
My daddy used to ride the rails
C#m7 E/F#
So they say, so they say
B G#m7
Soft as smoke and as tough as nails
C#m7 E/F# Gdim
Boxcar Jones, old walking man
G#m7 Fm7 F#m7 A/B
Coming back home was like going to jail
E A7 G#m7
The sheets and the blankets and babies and all
Fdim E/F#
No he never did come back home
Gdim
Never that I recall
G#m7 C#/D# G#m7
Nevermind the wind
C#/D# Em
Nevermind the rain
F# B
Nevermind the road
A#m7
leading home again
G#m7 Fm7 F#m7
Never asking why
B7
Never knowing when
E D#m7 C#m7
Every now and then
E/F#
There he goes again
B G#m7
She had a cat and a dog named Blue
C#m7 E/F#
My traveling star, my traveling star
B G#m7
A big old stove and a fireplace, too
C#m7 E/F# Gdim
Old road dog, young runaway
G#m7 F#m7 A/B
She told me she loved me like it was true
E A7
I knew I should stay
G#m7
I knew I would go
Fdim E/F#
Run run run away
Gdim
Run run run away, boy
G#m7 C#/D# G#m7
Run before the wind
C#/D# Em
Run before the rain
F#
Over yonder hill
B A#m7
Just around the bend
G#m7 Fm7 F#m7
Never knowing why
B7
Never knowing when
E D#m7 C#m7
Every now and then
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