Traveller chords by Martha Wainwright

Verse 1:
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                                               You held my children


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    tight--                                    You made them feel al-

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   right--                                     Ain't it hard ain't it


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  hard--                                       Just to live just to


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   live--


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People are writing songs for you

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They don't quite know-- what to do

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'Bout your mother, your stepdad too

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Your brother and your sister who

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Held you in her arms that night

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When you left after doing everything so right

Chorus:

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'Cause you're a traveller

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Yes, you're a traveller

Verse 2:

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Tighty righty, lefty loosey

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You turned the screws and made the news

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But you are not forsaken only

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Quoted as saying

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Fuck the cancer take no prisoners

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Don't leave your heart and your mind behind

Chorus: (x2)

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'Cause you're a traveller

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Yes, you're a traveller


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                                               You died on the


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    vine--                                    Before it was your


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   time--                                      But you're alive you're


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  alive--                                       In those children's


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   eyes--

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And the wheels, they keep turning round

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Everybody's rushing to town

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But you don't have to go so fast

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You've won the race and you were furthest from last

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'Cause you were the first to get there mate

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But I doubt you're resting at the Pearly Gates

Chorus: (x3)

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'Cause you're a traveller

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Yes, you're a traveller

Verse 4:

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People are writing songs for you

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They don't quite know-- what to do

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'Bout your mother