Chords for Stephen Bruton Trip around the Sun (SBC12)
Tempo:
123.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
G
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
So the point of it is, is this.
it the way you play it.
You know?
A good [C#] song can be played as an instrumental.
It can be played as a waltz, a polka, a shuffle, a blues, or whatever.
the great thing about music is it don't care what you do to it.
You know, a good song is a good song is a good song.
Well, stranger things have happened, but not by much.
it the way you play it.
You know?
A good [C#] song can be played as an instrumental.
It can be played as a waltz, a polka, a shuffle, a blues, or whatever.
the great thing about music is it don't care what you do to it.
You know, a good song is a good song is a good song.
Well, stranger things have happened, but not by much.
100% ➙ 123BPM
C
Em
G
D
E
C
Em
G
So the point of it is, is this.
You write a song, you play it the way you play it.
Somebody likes it, they put it out, it's an honor.
You know?
And however they want to do it is fine.
A good [C#] song can be played as an instrumental.
It can be played as a waltz, a polka, a shuffle, a blues, or whatever.
You can do it as in the words of Levon Helm,
the great thing about music is it don't care what you do to it. _
You know, a good song is a good song is a good song.
_ _ [E] _
Well, stranger things have happened, but not by much.
I had a hit record this year.
Not me personally.
_ Me and Al Anderson and Sharon Vaughn wrote a song called Trip Around the Sun.
[Em] _
_ _ _ And this is the way, this is the way, you know, Al plays it and it sounds like a hit,
but this is the way I play it.
It's the way it came to me.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ This is [E] going to replace the new Happy Birthday song.
Didn't quite make [C] it.
_ So this goes out for anybody that's having a birthday [Em] _ sometime [D] _
this year.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
I [A] hear them singing [Em] happy birthday
_ [D] _
[F#m] I better [C] think about the wish I made
_ You [B] know this year [E] gone by [C] there's been no [G] peace decay
_ _ _ Every day's [Em] a revolution
_ _ [D] _ [A] Put them [C] together and it comes _ _ undone _
[B] One [E] more candle [C] and a trip [G] around the sun
_ _ [Bm] They say you never see it coming
_ _ _ [E] Wonder, [C] wonder just where it [C] went
_ And [B] only time [Em] will tell [C] if it was time [G] well spent
_ _ Every [Em] day's a revelation
_ [E] _ _ Celebrating [C] what I should have done
I [B] got one [Em] more candle [C] and a trip [G] around the sun _ _ _
_ _ [C] I keep hanging on while this old [G] world keeps spinning _
And _ _ [E] it's good to know [D] it's out of my _ [C] control _ _ _
_ _ If there's one thing that I've learned from [G] all this living _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Is that it wouldn't [D] mean a thing if I [C] let go
_ They say you [D] never see it coming _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ I _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ keep hanging on while this old [G] world keeps [B] spinning
[Bm] And _ [B] _ [Em] it's good to know [D] it's out of my control
[C] _ _
[D] If _ _ _ there's one thing that I've learned from [G] all this living
_ Is [Em] that it wouldn't mean [D] a thing if I let go
I [Am] _ _ _
think _ [Em] I'll make a _ [G]
resolution
[D] _ [F#m] That I'll [C] never make another one
_ [B] _ Just [Em] enjoy my [C] ride on this [G] trip around the sun _ _
_ _ [B] Just enjoy [Em] my [C] ride on this [G] trip around the sun _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You write a song, you play it the way you play it.
Somebody likes it, they put it out, it's an honor.
You know?
And however they want to do it is fine.
A good [C#] song can be played as an instrumental.
It can be played as a waltz, a polka, a shuffle, a blues, or whatever.
You can do it as in the words of Levon Helm,
the great thing about music is it don't care what you do to it. _
You know, a good song is a good song is a good song.
_ _ [E] _
Well, stranger things have happened, but not by much.
I had a hit record this year.
Not me personally.
_ Me and Al Anderson and Sharon Vaughn wrote a song called Trip Around the Sun.
[Em] _
_ _ _ And this is the way, this is the way, you know, Al plays it and it sounds like a hit,
but this is the way I play it.
It's the way it came to me.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ This is [E] going to replace the new Happy Birthday song.
Didn't quite make [C] it.
_ So this goes out for anybody that's having a birthday [Em] _ sometime [D] _
this year.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
I [A] hear them singing [Em] happy birthday
_ [D] _
[F#m] I better [C] think about the wish I made
_ You [B] know this year [E] gone by [C] there's been no [G] peace decay
_ _ _ Every day's [Em] a revolution
_ _ [D] _ [A] Put them [C] together and it comes _ _ undone _
[B] One [E] more candle [C] and a trip [G] around the sun
_ _ [Bm] They say you never see it coming
_ _ _ [E] Wonder, [C] wonder just where it [C] went
_ And [B] only time [Em] will tell [C] if it was time [G] well spent
_ _ Every [Em] day's a revelation
_ [E] _ _ Celebrating [C] what I should have done
I [B] got one [Em] more candle [C] and a trip [G] around the sun _ _ _
_ _ [C] I keep hanging on while this old [G] world keeps spinning _
And _ _ [E] it's good to know [D] it's out of my _ [C] control _ _ _
_ _ If there's one thing that I've learned from [G] all this living _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Is that it wouldn't [D] mean a thing if I [C] let go
_ They say you [D] never see it coming _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ I _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ keep hanging on while this old [G] world keeps [B] spinning
[Bm] And _ [B] _ [Em] it's good to know [D] it's out of my control
[C] _ _
[D] If _ _ _ there's one thing that I've learned from [G] all this living
_ Is [Em] that it wouldn't mean [D] a thing if I let go
I [Am] _ _ _
think _ [Em] I'll make a _ [G]
resolution
[D] _ [F#m] That I'll [C] never make another one
_ [B] _ Just [Em] enjoy my [C] ride on this [G] trip around the sun _ _
_ _ [B] Just enjoy [Em] my [C] ride on this [G] trip around the sun _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _