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