James Taylor – My Traveling Star (Guitar)

B				G#m7
Watch my back and light my way

 C#m7             E/F#
My traveling star, my traveling star

B				               G#m7
Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day

C#m7		  E/F#    Gdim
Old road dog, young runaway

G#m7	                      F#m7       A/B
They hunger for home but they cannot stay

E                 A7
They wait by the door

		         G#m7
They stand and they stare

			Fdim          E/F#
They're already out of there

B				G#m7
My daddy used to ride the rails

 C#m7       E/F#
So they say, so they say

B		           G#m7
Soft as smoke and as tough as nails

C#m7		  E/F#    Gdim
Boxcar Jones, old walking man

G#m7	       Fm7b5         F#m7       A/B
Coming back home was like going to jail

 E                 A7                    G#m7
The sheets and the blankets and babies and all

 	           Fdim      E/F#
No he never did come back home

          Gdim
Never that I recall

G#m7   C#/D#   G#m7
Nevermind the wind

      C#/D#      Emaj7
Nevermind the rain

      F#       B
Nevermind the road

     A#m7
leading home again

G#m7    Fm7b5   F#m7
Never asking why

       B7
Never knowing when

 E     D#m7     C#m7
Every now and then

	    E/F#
There he goes again

B				G#m7
She had a cat and a dog named Blue

C#m7             E/F#
My traveling star, my traveling star

 B			       G#m7
A big old stove and a fireplace, too

C#m7		  E/F#    Gdim
Old road dog, young runaway

G#m7	                        F#m7       A/B
She told me she loved me like it was true

E                 A7
I knew I should stay

               G#m7
I knew I would go

         Fdim   E/F#
Run run run away

           Gdim
Run run run away, boy

G#m7   C#/D#   G#m7
Run before the wind

      C#/D#      Emaj7
Run before the rain

      F#
Over yonder hill

B       A#m7
Just around the bend

G#m7    Fm7b5     F#m7
Never knowing why

       B7
Never knowing when

E     D#m7     C#m7
Every now and then

         E/F#
There you go again

B              G#m7
Tie me up and hold me down

C#m7  E/F#
Oh, my traveling star

 B			   G#m7
Bury my feet down in the ground

C#m7 E/F# Gdim
Oh, old road dog

G#m7	   Fm7b5         F#m7       A/B
Claim my name from the lost and found

E            A7 				 G#m7
And let me believe this is where I belong

         Fdim     E/F#
Shame on me for sure

C#m7  	       E/F#
My traveling star, My traveling star