Letters From A Travelling Man Live chords by Katherine Priddy

• Capo on 4th

♫ Verse 1:

Em
Dear Darling, I’ve been travelling round
                 G
the country with an urge I cannot tame
  Em
But everywhere I go I think of home and hope
            G
that it all remains the same
  Em
Oh, when you’re travelling landscapes change,
                   G
the faces fade, no one here knows my name
  Em
But in the nightly gloom I find the moon and soon
         G
I hear your voice again, Oh and nothing’s changed

♫ Chorus:

    C    Am   D
I just wrote to let you know,
     C
that it’s time for me to go
   Am
Even though I wish I could remain,
 C               G
I won’t be coming round this way again


♫ Verse 2:

Em
Mama won’t you take this whiskey from me,
              G
I’ve been drinking far too long
    Em
Oh, the sun’s too high, the roads too long,
                    G
and I’m too drunk to know my right from wrong
  Em
And if I could, I’d find some land,
                 G
we’d have a child, a baby on the lawn
  Em
But honey I’m a travelling man
                    G
and I’ll have up and left you come the dawn


♫ Chorus:

     C    Am   D
So I just wrote to let you know,
     C
that if I could I wouldn’t go
    Am
Tell my Ma I love her just the same,
    C              G
but I’m leaving on the seven thirty train


♫ Verse 3:

Em
Honey life can get a little lonely
           G
living like a rolling stone
    Em
Oh, and sitting by my fire tonight
                    G
I must confess, I’m a fool so far from home
   Em
Oooh, one day baby I’ll come home,
              G
I’ll have you seated on my knee
  Em
But until that day I need your promise
               G
that you’ll sit and wait for me


♫ Chorus:

   C      Am    D
Can’t you see that I need to know,
   C
that wherever I will roam
      Am
There will always be a fire burning
C                 G
waiting for your traveller to come home
      Am
There will always be a fire burning
C               G
waiting for your baby to come home