James Taylor – My Travelling Star (Guitar Intro)

Capo 2
Key
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"My Traveling Star" Asus4 = X02230 D9 = XX0230 Dmaj7 = XX0222 Aadd9 = 002200 Asus4 = 002230 F#m7 = 242252 Dmaj7sus2/B = 020220 Bm11 = 020230 B7sus4 = 021200 A/F# = 202220 B/G# = 444444 E/G# = 4X2400 Fmaj7#11 = XX3200 Em9 = 0X0032 Original: B-Major Capo: 2nd fret in the original version later in the arrangement with the choir 4th fret [Intro] Aadd9 A F#m7 Bm11 E Aadd9 A F#m7 D9 Bm11 Dmaj7sus2/B E [Verse]
Aadd9      A      F#m7        Dmaj7sus2/B
Watch my back and light my way

              F#m7        E
My traveling star, my traveling star

Aadd9              A             F#m7             Dmaj7sus2/B
Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day

               F#m7      E
Old road dog, young runaway

Aadd9            A            Asus4   A7
They hunger for home but they cannot stay

Dmaj7             Dm
They wait by the door

                            F#m
They stand and they stare

         F#m7       B7sus4  B7
They're already out of there

         F#m     E               A
They're already out of there
[Verse]
Aadd9     A       F#m7           Dmaj7sus2/B
My daddy used to ride the rails

         F#m       E
So they say, so they say

Aadd9      A          F#m7         Dmaj7sus2/B
Soft as smoke and as tough as nails

         F#m          E
Boxcar Jones, old walking man

Aadd9        A                Asus4     A7
Coming back home was like going to jail

Dmaj7                Dm                     F#m
The sheets and the blankets and babies and all

       F#m7       B7sus4       B7
No he never did come back home

  F#m      E         A
Never that I recall
[Chorus]
A/F#  B/G#     A/F#
Nevermind the wind

      B/G#      D9
Nevermind the rain

      E        A
Nevermind the road 

        E/G#     F#m7
leading home again

       Fmaj7#11 Em9
Never asking why

        A7         Dmaj7
Never knowing when

      C#m7      Dmaj7sus/B
Every now and then

          E          A
There he goes again
[Bridge] Aadd9 A F#m7 Bm11 E Aadd9 A F#m7 D9 Bm11 Dmaj7sus2/B E [Verse]
Aadd9      A        F#m7           Dmaj7sus2/B
She had a cat and a dog named Blue

              F#m          E
My traveling star, my traveling star

Aadd9      A          F#m7            Dmaj7sus2/B
A big old stove and a fireplace, too

               F#m    E
Old road dog, young runaway

Aadd9             A             Asus4  A7
She told me she loved me like it was true

Dmaj7            Dm
I knew I should stay

               F#m
I knew I would go

F#m7     B7sus4   B7
Run run run away

F#m       E            A
Run run run away, boy
[Chorus]
A/F#  B/G#     A/F#
Run before the wind

      B/G#      D9
Run before the rain

      E       A
Over yonder hill

        E/G#     F#m7
Just around the bend

       Fmaj7#11  Em9
Never knowing why

        A7        Dmaj7
Never knowing when

      C#m7      Dmaj7sus2/B
Every now and then

          E          A
There you go again
[Verse]
Aadd9   A     F#m7        Dmaj7sus2/B
Tie me up and hold me down

    F#m    E
Oh, my traveling star

Aadd9    A        F#m7          Dmaj7sus2/B
Bury my feet down in the ground

    F#m    E
Oh, old road dog

Aadd9     A             Asus4     A7
Claim my name from the lost and found

Dmaj7         Dm                   F#m
And let me believe this is where I belong

F#m7       B7sus4    B7
Shame on me for sure

F#m             E       A   Aadd9 A
For one more highway song

Dmaj7sus2/B  E                       A Aadd9 F#m7 D9 Bm11 E4 E A
My traveling star My traveling star