Andrew Peterson - World traveler
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Tuning: D A D G A D
# Playable with one guitar.
# The lyrics are not perfectly synchronized with the tabs.
# They also are not complete. They are simply supposed to give
# better orientation about where the notes are, related to the tabs.
Tuning: DADGAD
Chords:
D G A4 Bm
D|---0---0---0---0---|
A|---0---0---0---0---|
G|---2---4---6---7---|
D|---0---5---7---9---|
A|---0---5---7---9---|
D|---0---5---7---9---|
[Intro]
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D|------0-------0-------0-------0-|------0-------0-------0-------0-|
A|----0-----0---------0-------0---|----0-----0---------0-------0---|
G|7---------------6-------4-------|2-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------5-------4-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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D|------0-------0-----------------|--------------------------------|
A|----0-----0-----------0-------0-|----0-----------------0-------0-|
G|--------------------0-------0---|------0-------------2-----2-----|
D|0---------------4h5-----4-------|0---------4-----2---------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
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G|7---------------6-------4-------|2-------------------------------|
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DI grew up .... little town a southern mix of lost and found
But I could... highway song I'd sit out on the dock... dawn and
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A|----0-----0---------------------|--------|----------------------0-------0-|
G|----------------------0-------0-|------0-|------0-------0-----2-----2-----|
D|0-------------------0-----0-----|----0---|----0-----0---------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------|----------------0---------------|
D|----------------5---------------|7-------|5-------------------------------|
most folks ... stGick around ohoh__oh____Aoh...
dreamed about...great beyond I dreamed that I was a
[Chorus 1]
(Strumming style, slightly palm-muted, find your own way of playing)
wDorld traveler. SGet me lose to fA4ind my way.
Just gDet me out on the road someday with my sGails unfA4urled.
Bm So many myDsteries I wGanted to unravel, A
A4 if I could travel the world.
[Interlude 1]
(On the previous word "world", start picking...)
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A|----0-----0---------0-------0---|----0-----0---------0-------0---|
G|7---------------6-------4-------|2-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------5-------4-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
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G|7---------------6-------4-------|2-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------5-------4-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
SDoon enough I had my way, I saw the ... the lord had made,
But I had hardly seen a thing until I gave that golden ring to the
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A|----0-----0---------------------|--------|----------------------0-------0-|
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D|0-------------------0-----0-----|----0---|----0-----0---------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------|----------------0---------------|
D|----------------5---------------|7-------|5-------------------------------|
mostly from the iGnterstate ohoh__oh____Aoh...
one who gave heart to me. And I became a
[Chorus 2]
(Strumming style, slightly palm-muted, find your own way of playing)
wDorld traveler. ThGat's the day I hA4it the road.
I wDalked the hills of the human soul of a G tender gA4irl.
I'm a wBmorld trDaveler. She Gopened the gates and tAook my hand.
LDead me into the mystic lands where her G galaxA4ies swirl
Bm So many myDsteries I nGever will unravel,
A4 I wanna travel the world.
[Interlude 2]
(These are only the notes of the piano playing the leading melody)
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D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|7---------------9-------11-------|14-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|7---------------9-------11-------|7-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Bridge]
Bm Take a left at the Aend of my stre__Get, just a few doors down.
Bm Up the hill and Ainto the tre___Ges, there's a hole in the ground.
Bm Where we traveled the cavAerns so de__Gep, wandered the wonders so wi_Bm_de
It was right beneAath our fe__Get. All this time, all this time.
[Interlude 3]
(Played by guitar, start right after previous word "time")
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D|16-16-------------14-14-----12-12-----|12-12-------------9--9------7-7-----|
A|12-12-------------12-12-----12-12-----|12-12-------------10-10-----9-9-----|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|0-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
(Start singing)
Well tonight...
[Verse 3]
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G|7---------------6-------4-------|2-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------5-------4-------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
toDnight I .... children in their rooms, little flowers all in
somehow in ... starry skies the image of the maker lies right
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D|------0-------0-----------------|--------|--------------------------------|
A|----0-----0---------------------|--------|----------------------0-------0-|
G|----------------------0-------0-|------0-|------0-------0-----2-----2-----|
D|0-------------------0-----0-----|----0---|----0-----0---------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------|----------------0---------------|
D|----------------5---------------|7-------|5-------------------------------|
bloom, burning sGun and silver moon (no extra beat) A But
here beneath my roof tonight. So hold on tight, I'm a
[Chorus 3]
(Strumming style, slightly palm-muted, find your own way of playing)
wDorld traveler. G A4 Yeah! (DReplay choGrds)A4 I'm a
wDorld traveler, pGack your bags and dA4ig down deep
RDide the storms and sail the seas to the G distant pA4ole
I'm a wBmorld trDaveler. GInto these unchAarted lands
To blDaze a trail in the vast expanse of the hGeart and sA4oul
Bm In the grace of the GDod of peace let's wGade into the battle
Bm Come on, come Don with me and gGet up in that saddle
Bm There's a million mDysteries I'm rGeady to unravel
A4 Come on, let's travel the world.
[Outro]
(Play 4 times...) 4x (D)
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A||----0-----0---------0-------0---|----0-----0---------0-------0---|----0-----0-----------0-------0-||--0---|
G||7---------------6-------4-------|2-------------------------------|--------------------0-------0---||--2---|
D||--------------------------------|----------------5-------4-------|0-------------------------------||--0---|
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||--0---|
D||0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------5-------4-------||--0---|
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| h Hammer-on
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