Traveler

Traveler

Album: Penny Black
Instruments: Guitar
Guitar Tuning: Standard Tuning

(currently missing chords for the bridge)

intro/outro (in 6/4)

D D G

D D D

D A Dinv

G G G

A A Dinv

G G G

(in 4)

D

A

verse:

D               G

here i go, i'm awake

          A            D

no safety net, no fire escape

         D          G

pounding blood, icy hands

         A                         D

watching all the falling grains of sand

A       D  G      D

how can i abandon this

    A    D      G

the only home i know

A         D      G               A

leaving’s not as hard as letting go

chorus:

      A

oh my father

     D               G

am i far enough from you

     A (Asus4)

as i wander

        D      Dinv(Dmaj7) G

like we always knew i'd do

  A

i forgive you

         D          Dinv

but on a night like this

  G          Bm   A      D

i can not pretend that i miss you

        G        A      D

and you will not see me soon

(intro)

verse:

       D

making sense (you say you’re nothing like me)

        G

of this place (that i don’t know)

       A

like a knot (my words go through you)

       D

unraveling (just like a ghost)

       D

racing mind (you won’t be far from my thoughts)

       G

out of breath (i’ll leave the porch light on)

      A                         D

i was miles away years before i left

(if you need a place you know)

pre-chorus:

    A       D  G      D

but how can i abandon this

    A    D      G

the only life i know

bridge:

years have crackled and burned

all these battles won and lessons learned

my scars just part of my skin

they’ve made the man i am, but i can

still remember the day

i was oh so young and open minded

now i’m off on my own

but i leave behind these words for you