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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

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