Key: Ab major
Intro 1
G
F#
C#m
F#
C#m
F#
G
F#
B
F#
B
A#
F#
Verse 1
G#m
B
C#
C#m
Fdim
F#
A
G#m
G
F#
say I'm a no 'count.
F#
But I'm just a nat'ral- born travelin' man,
E
G
F#
doin' what I think I should, O, yeah.
F#
G
F#
C
B
And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar,
F#
B
spend it as fast as I can.
C
B
F#
B
F#
E
B
G#m
For a wailin' song and a good guitar, the only things that I understand,
B
poor boy, the only things that I understand.
C#m
A
When I was a little baby,
A
B
G#m
G
F#
Hey, son.
G
F#
C#m
Travel where you will and grow to
F#
A
G
F#
C
be a man
B
F#
C
And sing what must be sung,
poor boy.
B
C
Sing what must be sung."
Verse 2
B
F#
C#m
And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar,
B
F#
E
B
Abm
spend it as fast as I can.
B
C#
F#
A
G#m
G
F#
For a wailin' song and a good guitar, the only things that I understand,
Gdim
F#
G
poor boy, the only things that I understand.
F#
C#m
F#
Gdim
F#
Now that I'm a grown man,
G
F#
C
I've traveled here and there.
B
F#
I've learned that a bottle of brandy
G
F#
C
Cdim
B
C
B
and a song,
F#
B
F#
E
F#
D#m
G#m
The only ones who ever care,
B
C#
poor boy, the only ones who ever care.
C#m
F#
A
G#
G
G#m
F#
D
And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar,
G#m
A
B
C#
C
B
F#
B
F#
C#m
spend it as fast as I can.
F#
G#m
C#m
E#dim
F#
A
G#
G
F#
C#m
F#
Gdim
F#
For a wailin' song and a good guitar,
C#m
F#
C#m
F#
the only things that I understand, poor boy, the only things that I understand.
G
F#
C
B
Some people say
I'm a no 'count.
F#
B
C
B
Others say I'm
F#
B
F#
E
B
no good.
G#m
B
C#
F#
A
G#
G
But I'm just a nat'ral- born travelin' man,
F#
C#m
C
C#m
B
F#
doin' what I think I should, O, yeah.
Doin' what I think I should.
C
B
C
B
F#
And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar,
B
F#
E
B
D#m
G#m
spend it as fast as I can.
B
C#m
A
C#m
F#
B
E
A
C#m
For a wailin' song and a good guitar,
the only things that I understand, poor boy, the only things that I understand.
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