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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G C G Em F#/D G x3
Verse:
G C G
I’m just a travelling man you see
G Em G
Wherever this road goes where I’ll be
G C G
And I’ll catch me a ride the ghost train
G Em G
Tell a woman that I love her then forget her name
G C G
And I wish I could stay for midday coffee
G Em G
But I just can’t get this dreamin off me
G F# G
If I could find me a place to rest my mind
G C G
But mama always said you were there in good time
Chorus:
F/C G/C
And there’s some headlights burning down the highway
D Em
And I think that I may just catch me a ride
F/C G/C
Cause I’m a travelling man by trade Sir
D G
We’re all running from the things inside
Verse:
G C G
There’s a train headin west to south Toledo
G Em G
And if thedogs don’t sell me, to sleep I’ll go
G C G
Dreamin’ as I’m steamin past miles of ground
G F# G
To the souls and hymns that built this town
chrous:
F/C G/C
And there’s some headlights burning down the highway
D Em
And I think that I may just catch me a ride
F/C G/C
Cause I’m a travelling man by trade Sir
D G
We’re all running from the things inside
G C G Em F#/D G
F/C G/C
And there’s some headlights burning down the highway
D Em
And I think that I may just catch me a ride
F/C G/C
Cause I’m a travelling man by trade Sir
D G
We’re all running from the things inside
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Last Updated: January 20, 2026