D C G D
I was born a trav'lin' man, that's all I'll ever be.
Movin' around from town to town, that's what makes me so free.
My father was a trucker for the years of twenty-three,
on the day that I was born his truck was left to me.
Chorus
D C G C D
I'm a tra-v'l-in' man,
tra-v'l-in' man,
tra-v'l-in' man,
C G C G D C G D
tra-v'l-in' man, that's what I am.
D C G D
Trav'lin' man, that's what I am, mama puts a load on me.
You see me once or maybe twice, that's all you'll see of me.
All you pretty women, Lord, I hope you understand,
don't be fallin' in love, just call in a trav'lin' man.
(Chorus)
(bridge) vocals
C G G C
Trav'lin' man, that's what I am; guess I'll always be.
C G G D
Trav'lin' man, that's what I am but at in the least I'm free.
(short jam) SECOND BRIDGE lead guitar
D C G C D
'I'm a traveler"
C G C G D C G D
Tra-v'l-in' man, oh that's-a what I am.
D C G D
Trav'lin' man, that's what I am, Lord, I move so fast.
I have had so many women, none of them have last.
I am just a mover, movin' fast as sound,
always be some time for me always movin' around.
(Chorus)
C G C D
Tra-v'l-in' man
- Ronnie Van Zant & Leon Wilkeson