My Travelling Star chords by James Taylor

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          E6

----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 / / / A (f#bass) / / / Bm7 / / / Bm7 (e bass) / / /

A / / / A (f#bass) / / / Bm7 / / / Bm7 (e bass) / / /

A / / / Em7 / / / Dmaj7 / / / C#7 / / /

F#m / / / F#m7 / / / Bm7 / / / Bm7 (e bass) / / /

 

Chorus

 

Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /

Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /

Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /

Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /

 

 

Chords

 

A           OO222O

A (f#bass)  2x2220

Dmaj7       xx0220

E6          022120

Bm7         x24232

Bm7 (e bass)0x4232

Em7         022030

C#7         x43420

F#m         244222

                               F#m7        242222

                                        

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