The Decemberists – Traveling On (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em Am D G Em Am D G [Verse 1]
Em      Am
Boys in blazers

D     G
Union labor

Em              Am               D               G
The last on the life boat to get on

Em      Am
Leering drivers

D     G
Weary lifers

Em          Am                 D                 D
And I wanna know is when we go on
[Chorus]
                       Am          C
'Cause we're traveling on

G          D
Sold for a song

                Am          C
We're traveling on

       G        D
And it won't be long

                     Em           Am               D                G
'Til we're traveling on
[Verse 2]
Em          Am
Street-side smokers

D    G
Holy rollers

Em        Am            D            G
Find me a toilet to die on

Em    Am
L.A., London

D      G
Barely funded

Em         Am                   D                 D
Give me a wheel and I'll ride on, ride on, ride on
[Chorus]
                       Am          C
'Cause we're traveling on

G          D
Sold for a song

                Am          C
We're traveling on

       G        D
And it won't be long

                     Em            Am               D                G
'Til we're traveling on

                Em            Am               D                G
We're traveling on
[Verse 3]
Em          Am
Fawning fanfare

D      G
Nearly nowhere

Em           Am            D            G
Meet the new dauphin in Duluth

Em     Am
No one knows you

D       G
Nations loathe you

Em            Am                  D                D
Please let me know when I can recuse myself if I choose
[Chorus]
                    Am          C
But we're traveling on

G          D
Sold for a song

                Am          C
We're traveling on

       G        D
And it won't be long

                Am          C
We're traveling on

G          D
Sold for a song

                Am          C
We're traveling on

       G        D
And it won't be long

                     Em            Am               D                G
'Til we're traveling on
[Outro]
                Em            Am               D                G
We're traveling on

                Em            Am               D                G
We're traveling on, on
Em Am D G
Em            Am               D                G
(repeat and fade out)