Travelling Man Chords by David Bromberg

I think I would like to relate to you a brief sagacity _ _ _ [G] concerning the most ambulatory _ homo sapien _ that ever asphyxiated upon a globe.
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[E] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [G] Folks, I'm going to tell you about a [Dm] man named Lewis.
He [Am] comes from down in [B] New Orleans.
[G] And he made his living stealing chicken and [A] everything that he could [D] see.
Now you know [G] this Popeye man, he'd run so fast [G] that his feet wouldn't stand a roll.
And [C] if a freight [Gm] train passed, no matter [A] how fast, he could [D] always [Gm] get on [G] board.
And he was a traveling [C] man.
He certainly [E] was a [G] traveling man. _
He traveled as [G#m] fast as John [A] that there ever was in [D] the land.
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He traveled, [C] and he was an [G] all-around man.
[C] And he never [D#] got caught, he never [Em] got worked [A] until the [D] police shot [G] him down.
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Now the police hired a motor car just to chase after my buddy Bloom. _
They chased him from five o'clock in the morning [A] until eight in the late, late, [D] late afternoon.
[G] This Popeye man, he'd run so fast, they'd [C] see flames [A#] shot out of [G] his heels.
[Gm] While he burned up [G] the cotton, he scorched the corn, [A] he made a road [G] through the farmhouse field.
And folks, he was a traveling man.
[Am] Oh, I certainly [Em] was a traveling man.
_ _ [G] Traveling as fast [A] as John that there ever was [D] in the land.
[G] He _ [C] traveled, he was [G] an all-around man.
And he never got caught, he never got worked until the police shot him down.
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Now the police finally caught up with Bloom.
Had him [F#m] out to hang [Em] one day.
_ [G] Executioner leaned over and said,
My good man, have you [A] any last words you desire [D] to say?
I said, [G] so happens, your honor.
I do have a brief speech [C] prepared, if you'd bow [F#] your head one [G] moment for prayer.
[C] And then he winked [C#] one eye [Em] and crossed both [A] legs and vanished [G] straight up in the air.
Because he was a traveling man.
[C] Certainly was a [G] traveling man.
_ Traveling as fast [A] as John that there ever was in the [F] land.
[G] You know, Craig, he traveled, [C] he was an all [G]-around [C] man.
And he [A#] never got [G] caught, he [Em] never got worked until the [F#] police [G] shot him down.
[C] _ [A#m] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now Bloom was on the Titanic [C] when he put [G] out to sea.
_ He was playing B-flat clarinet in an [A] orchestra that rendered never my [G] guide to thee.
Some people saw him when he jumped overboard.
He said, you should get a load of that crazy fool.
But friends, just 45 minutes right after [E] that, he [A] was shooting [D] craps in [G] Liverpool.
I said, [F#] he was a [G]
traveling man.
[C] Certainly was a traveling [Em] man.
_ [G] _
Traveling as fast [A] as John that there ever [F#] was in the land.
[D] _ [G] _
He traveled, [C] he was an all-around [G] man.
And he never got caught, he never got worked until the police shot him down. _ _
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_ _ _ Now you know, the European police caught up with Bloom.
_ [C] Shot him in the [G] head.
People come around from miles on down just to [A] observe the man as [D] he lay there.
[G] Telegram back to the States for his mama, before she come [C] all [F#] kind of way in [Em] tears.
She reached [Gm] down to open up the car from there, and that [G] fool had disappeared.
I'm a man.
A traveling man.
[C] He certainly was a [G] traveling man. _ _
Traveling as fast as [A] John that there ever was in [G] the land. _ _
He [Gm] traveled, [D#] he was an all-around man.
[C] And he never [C#] got caught, [G] he never got worked [D] until the police shot [G] him [Em] down.
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[G] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Now I want you to understand that this man was rapid.
_ _ _ Swift. _ _
Abrupt.
_ _ Sudden. _ _
_ _ Precipitous. _ _ _
This guy was so fast. _ _ _ _ _
They used to say that the man could turn off the light and get under the covers before the room got dark.
_ _ Now [G] one day, Bloom had to go to the well [C] to fetch a pail of [Em] water.
[G] The distance this rapscallion had to [A] travise was approximately three miles and a [G] quarter.
Now he got to the well, filled up the bucket on his [C] way back and [A] stumbled, dropped the [Em] pail and fell down.
[C] He run back to the house, [G] grabbed [A] another bucket and poured the [D] water before it hit the [A] ground.
[G] A traveling [C] man.
He certainly was a [D#] traveling man.
[E] _ [G] _ Traveling as fast as John [A] that there ever was in [Am] the land.
[D] _ [G] _ He traveled, he was an all-around man.
[C] And he never [D#] got [Em] caught, he never got worked until the police shot him down.
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