"Travelin' Lite"
Written & Performed by Max Stalling
from the CD "Wide Afternoon" (Blind Nello Records)
To play along to the CD, capo at the 2nd fret
Intro: D C D C G
G
A glaring sun at midday makes it hard to see the road
C
A lot of miles since last night and a whole lot more to go.
D
The brightness has me blinking, the whole thing's got me thinking
G
On the price of a life of travelin' lite.
G
Trying to live up to the words that some old writer felt
C
Spend your youth before you die and don't outlive yourself.
D
But Lord that gets expensive on troubadours and minstrels
G
It's the price of a life of travelin' lite.
Chorus:
D C
It's the price of a life, I guess
D C
The price of a life, I guess
D C G
The price of a life, of travelin' lite.
G
I'd like to lay my head down girl, gently in your lap
C
Let you stroke my hair as I take a nap.
D
You could hum a lover's tune underneath your breath
G
I can almost see your face but I ain't there yet.
I have lost my mind before, lost my heart a few times for sure
C
Lost my way, but I've never lost my keys.
D
And I'll tell you this for starters, ships ain't built for harbors
G
It's the price of a life of travelin' lite.
Chorus
Instrumental: G C D C D C D C G
G
I've got friends who cannot read
and I've got friends with PhDs
C
And everything there is in between
D
And I wouldn't trade a single one
The laughs we've had, the beers we've drunk
G
A man that don't need friends, he ain't no friend to me
I've got friends from there to here
The payoff from all these ramblin' years
C
If friends were gold I'd be a king I guess
D
Friendship's better than gold or crowns
Having a bunch won't weigh you down
G C
It's the price of a life of traveling lite
Chorus
G C
I'm travelin' lite
G
I'm travelin' lite
G C G
I'm travelin, travelin, travelin, travelin, travelin lite
C G
I'm travelin' lite, I'm travelin lite.
C G alternate until the end
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