Chords for Luke Kelly The Travelling People

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm a free-born _ man of [F] traveling _ [G] _ _
people.
_ _ Got no fixed abode with nomads [C] I _ _ _ _ embarked.
Country [G] [C] lanes and _ byways were [Dm] always [C] my _ ways.
_ I've never _ fancied [G] [Bb] being [C] long. _
_ _ _ _ Well, we knew the woods [F] and the resting _
[G] places.
_ _ _ _ And the small birds sang when _ [C] wintertime was _ _ over.
_ Then we'd pack out. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ They were good [C] old times [G] [Bb] for the [C] rover.
_ _ _ _ In the open ground you [F] could stop and [G] linger. _ _ _ _ _
For a week or two, for time was [C] not your master. _ _ _
Then away you'd jog with your [F] horse and _ dog.
Nice and easy, [C] no [G] need to [Bb] go _ [C] faster.
_ _ _ _ _ And sometimes we'd meet up [F] with other _
[G] _ people. _ _ _ _
Hear the news or else swap family _
[C] _ _ information.
_ _ At the country fairs we'd be [F] meeting there.
_ _ All the people of [G] the [Bb] traveling [C] nation. _
_ _ _ _ I've made willow creels and the [F] heather bison.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ And I've even done some begging and [C] some _ _ hawking.
_ _ And I've laid this bench wrapped up in [F] my tent.
_ And I've listened to [G] the old [Bb] folks _ [C] _ talking.
_ _ _ All you free-born men of [F] the traveling _ _ [G] _
people.
_ _ _ Every tinker, rolling stone and [C] gypsy _ rover.
_ _ _ Winds of change are _ blowing, old [F] ways are [C] going.
_ _ _ Your traveling days will [Bb] soon be _ [C] over.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a free-born man [F] of the traveling _
[G] _ people.
_ _ _ Got no fixed abode with nomads [C] I am not _ _ bored.
Country lanes and _ byways were [F] always [C] my ways. _ _
I've never _ fancied [Bb] being [C] lumber.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _