Chords with lyrics
Song - My Travelling Star
Artist – James Taylor
Album – October Road
This is a great song incorporating typical James
Taylor style syncopation and chord sequences.
The timing is a little tricky so I use a simple picking
pattern behind the vocal to keep things smooth.
Intro and break
A A(f#bass) Dmaj7 E6E6
----0---------------0-----------------0-------------0h2p0-------
0h2-------2---0-h-2-------2---0-h-2---------0---0h2------020--0-
------2h4---2---------2h4---2-------2-----2---2-------------2---
--------------------------------0-------0-----------------------
0-------0-------------------------------------------------------
----------------2-------2-----------------------0-------0-------
A A(f#bass) Dmaj7 E6
----0---------------0-----------0h2---0-------------------------
0p2-------2---0-h-2-------2---0-------------2---2-----0-------0-
------2h4---2---------2h4---2-------2-----2---2-----1-----1h2---
--------------------------------0-------0---------2-------------
0-------0-------------------------------------------------------
----------------2-------2-----------------------0-------0-------
Verse
A augmentedA / / / A augmentedA (f#bass) / / / Bm7Bm7 / / / Bm7Bm7 (e bass) / / /
A augmentedA / / / A augmentedA (f#bass) / / / Bm7Bm7 / / / Bm7Bm7 (e bass) / / /
A augmentedA / / / E minor 7Em7 / / / Dmaj7Dmaj7 / / / C#7C#7 / / /
F# minorF#m / / / F#m7F#m7 / / / Bm7Bm7 / / / Bm7Bm7 (e bass) / / /
Chorus
Dmaj7Dmaj7 / C#7C#7 / F# minorF#m / E minor 7Em7 /
Dmaj7Dmaj7 / C#7C#7 / F# minorF#m / E minor 7Em7 /
Dmaj7Dmaj7 / C#7C#7 / F# minorF#m / E minor 7Em7 /
Dmaj7Dmaj7 / C#7C#7 / F# minorF#m / E minor 7Em7 /
Chords
A OO222O
A augmentedA (f#bass) 2x2220
Dmaj7 xx0220
E6 022120
Bm7 x24232
Bm7Bm7 (e bass)0x4232
Em7 022030
C#7 x43420
F#m 244222
F#m7 242222
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