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Travelin Man by Ricky Nelson - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
| D | Bm | D | Bm |
[Verse]
D Bm D Bm
I'm a travelin' man, made a lot of stops . all over the world
D D7 G Gm D A |D A |
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl
D Bm D Bm
I've a pretty señorita waiting for me down in old Mexico
D D7 G Gm D A |D D E
If you're ever in Alaska stop and see my cute little Eskimo . .
[Chorus]
F#m |G F#m
Oh, my sweet fraulein down in Berlin town
G D D E
. Makes my heart start to yearn . .
F#m G F#m
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
E |A A7 A7/F#
Waits for my return . .
[Verse]
A7 |D Bm D Bm
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea . I remember the night
D D7 G Gm D A |D A |
When we walked in the sand of the Waikiki and I held you oh so tight
[Break]
| D | Bm | D | Bm | D D7 | G Gm | D A | D D E
[Chorus]
F#m |G F#m
Oh, my sweet fraulein down in Berlin town
G D D E
. Makes my heart start to yearn . .
F#m G F#m
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
E |A A7 A7/F#
Waits for my return . .
[Verse]
A7 |D Bm D Bm
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea . I remember the night
D D7 G Gm D A |D A |
When we walked in the sand of the Waikiki and I held you oh so tight
[Outro]
D Bm D Bm
Oh, I'm a travelin' man. Yes, I'm a travelin' man.
D Bm D Bm
Yes, I'm a travelin' man. Oh, I'm a travelin' man.
D Bm | D A | D |
Mmmmm. Mmmmmmmm.
Q. Isn't it an A7?
A. The 2nd Bm chord in the verse feels like it ought to be an A7 chord
because of the A note that Nelson sings there. But listen to the bass line
in the recording and you will hear that it is actually a Bm chord.
If you need more proof, play along with the recording at the instrumental
break and substitute an A7 chord for the 2nd Bm chord, and it'll be clear as
a bell that the A7 chord doesn't really fit there. The 2nd Bm chord sets up
the D-D7-G-Gm progression.
Walkdown note:
The eighth-note walkdown at the end of the chorus can be played with open
chords or with barre chords, whichever you prefer:
A (open) = x02220
A7 (open) = x02020
A7/F# (open) = x04020
A7 (open) = x02020
or
A (barre) = 577655
A7 (barre) = 575655
F#m (barre) = 244222
A7 (open) = x02020
We also have 63 songs by Ricky Nelson
- A Long Vacation
- A Teenagers Romance
- Am I Blue
- Baby Im Sorry
- Be True To Me
- Be-Bop Baby
- Believe What You Say
- Boppin The Blues
- Dont Leave Me This Way
- Down The Line
- Fools Rush In
- Garden Party
- Get Along Home Cindy Cindy
- Glory Train
- Half Breed
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Hello Mary Lou
- Honeycomb
- I Cant Help It
- I Got A Feeling
- I Wanna Be Loved
- I Will Follow You
- If You Cant Rock Me
- Ill Walk Alone
- Im Confessin
- Im Feelin Sorry
- Im In Love Again
- Im Walkin
- Its All In The Game
- Its Late
- Its Up To You
- Just A Little Too Much
- Lonesome Town
- Mighty Good
- My Babe
- My Buckets Got A Hole In It
- Never Be Anyone Else But You
- Old Enough To Love
- One Minute To One
- One Of These Mornings
- Poor Little Fool
- Restless Kid
- Shirley Lee
- Someday Youll Want Me To Want You
- Stood Up
- Sweeter Than You
- Teenage Doll
- Teenage Idol
- Thats All
- There Goes My Baby
- Theres Good Rockin Tonight
- Travelin Man
- True Love
- Trying To Get To You
- Waitin In School
- Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On
- You Tear Me Up
- Youll Never Know What Youre Missin
- Young Emotions
- Young World
- Your True Love
- Youre My One And Only Love
- Youre So Fine
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