My Traveling Star Chords by James Taylor

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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [G#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] Watch my back [G#] like a _ [C#m] whale My [C#] traveling star, [F#] my traveling star
Watch over all those born [G#] St.
Christopher's [C#m] Day
Old old [E] dog, young [C#m]
runaway [G#m] They hunger for home but [F#m] they cannot _ [E]
stay
_ Who wait by [G] the door may stand [G#m] and they stare They're [C#] already out of [C#] there, _ _ [F#] they're already [F#] out of [B] there
[G#] My daddy used to ride the _
_ [C#] rails So they say, [F#] so [B] they say
Soft as smoke and [G#] his tough _ _ _ [C#] nails _ Boxcar [G#] Jones, old walking man
Coming back home was [F#] like going to [A] _
[E] jail
She sent [G] them blankets and days [G#m] and all Knowing Nella [C#] did come [B] back home
_ _ Nella [Gm] that I [G#m] recall Never mind the wind, [D#] never mind [E] the rain
Never [F#] mind [B] the road [A#m] leading home [B] again Never [F#] asking why, never [E]
knowing when
[D#m] Every now [G#] and then [F#] there he goes [B] again
She [G#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] had a cat and [G#] a dog named [C#m] Blue My [F#] traveling star, my traveling star
A big old stove [G#m] and a fireplace [F#]
too [C#] _ Old road [F#] dog, [E] young [G#m] runaway
They only love me [F#m] like it's [A]
true [E] _ [C#m] I knew I [A] should [G] stay, I knew [G#m] I would go
Run, [C#] run, runaway _ Run, _ _ [G] run, [D#m] runaway
Run before the wind, run before [B] the rain [F#] Over yonder [B] hill, [F#] just around [G#] the bend
Never [C#m] knowing why, [E] never knowing when Every [C#] now and then [F#] there he [B] goes again
Tie me [G#] up and hold me _ [C#] down _ _ _ [B] My traveling star
Staring my feet [G#] down in the _ [C#] ground _ _ [F#] My _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ name [F#m] from the lost and [A]
found
[E] _ And let me [A] believe [G] this is where [G#m] I belong _ [G#] Shame [C#] on me for [E] sure
_ _ One [F#] more highway [B] song _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ My traveling star, [F#] my traveling [B] star
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
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