The Traveling Kind

Emmylou Harris

Written by Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Cory Chisel

Key of C · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

C        Am      G7       F    G7  C
We don't all die young to save our spark
         Am    G7    F
From the ravag-es of time
        Am        G7      F     G7    C
But the first and last to leave their mark
     F   C  Am       G7        C
Some-day be-come the traveling kind

Verse 2

       Am       G7       F  G7  C
In the wind are names of po-ets past
          Am         G7        F
Some were friends of yours and mine
       Am       G7      F    G7  C
And to those un-sung we lift our glass
          F     C  Am       G7        C
May their songs be-come the traveling kind

Verse 3

        Am      G7         F  G7  C
We were born to brave this tilted world
         Am          G7     F
With our hearts laid on the line
      Am          G7     F   G7   C
Be it way crossed boy or red dirt girl
    F    C  Am        G7        C
The song be-comes the traveling kind

Verse 4

          Am        G7          F      G7 C
There are mountains worth their weight in gold
     Am      G7       F
Mere mortals dare not climb
        Am    G7      F   Am   C
Come ye tipsy sainted sin-ners both
    F     C    Am      G7        C
And claim them for the traveling kind

Verse 5

         Am    G7     F      G7 C
When the music slowly starts to fade
         Am           G7     F
Into the light's last soft decline
       Am       G7      F       C
Let us lie down in that evening shade
    F    C Am         G7        Am
And rest a mooing the traveling kind

Verse 6

        F    C    Am         G7        C
And the song goes on for the traveling kind