Tift Merritt Traveling Alone chords

Traveling Alone by Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt - Traveling Alone


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO: C   F C   F C

                    F       C
This morning, if it all was gone

Funny thing, it wouldn't phase me none
                  F        C
Might feel like I just got home

You know, I always had a taste for traveling alone


              F         C
Only get this one time 'round

Better speak up straight, better speak up proud
                   F      C
Good Lord, if he's not at home
                                               F 
Well, I always had a taste for traveling alone


C        F     C
Oh, if I had a son

I would make him laugh, I would teach him something
                        F         C
I'd say, Son, you gotta hold your own

And it's good to have a taste for traveling alone


INSTRUMENTAL: C    F  C   F  C   


         F     C
Oh, if I had a love

I would say, Man, got to keep up
                       F       C
Got to lay down, baby, feed my soul

'Cause you know I got a taste for traveling alone


         F     C
Oh, if I had a song

I would sing it now, wouldn't take too long
                         F         C
I'd sing, "Goodness is a real bare bone"

And it's what you do when you're traveling alone


                  F      C
Down south, baby, in the heat

I was raised up right, I was raised so sweet
                      F       C
Sweetness ain't gonna get you home

Oh, you're bound to get a taste of traveling alone


INSTRUMENTAL: C    F  C   F  C   F  C   F  C   


                F        C
I know that the world is mean

I know it don't care, I been around, I seen
                                  F    C
It's like a pretty girl who don't even know

I guess everybody here is traveling alone


                 F       C
Cigarettes and a pick up truck

I'm gonna leave this town now, I got to press my luck
            F        C
Ocean gonna break so slow

You know, I always had a taste for traveling alone


OUTRO: C    F  C   F  C   F  C   F  C