Travelin' Blues chords by Diane Schuur, Count Basie Orchestra

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C
A
Eb
G
Fm
E
Aaug
D
Gm
F
Dm
Ddim
Dsus4
Ebdim
Eaug
B
Bb
Edim
Em
Csus4
Cm
Dbm
Db
F#
Cdim
Bm
Bbm
Ebsus4
Ab
Ebaug
Abm
Gb
Abdim
Fdim
Ebm
G#m

Verse 1
C 
C 
C 
C 
Thank  (C major) you.  (C major)  (C major)  (C major) 
A 
C 
A 
Eb 
G 
Fm 
E 
Aaug 
 (A major)  (C major)  (A major)  (E flat major)  (G major)  (F minor)  (E major)  (Aaug) 
D 
Gm 
C 
G 
 (D major) I've  (G minor) traveled  (C major) across the coun (G major) try,
C 
F 
I've  (C major) sung with lots of  (F major) bands.
G 
I've  (G major) played in those big cities
Dm 
C 
that  (D minor) book those one -night  (C major) stands.
Gm 
C 
 (G minor) I'm  lonely and  (C major) I'm weary,
I know the scene so well.
G 
C 
The  (G major) blues have come to  (C major) get me
Ddim 
and to drag  (Ddim) me down to hell.
E 
A 
G 
C 
A 
 (E major) But  (A major) I keep  (G major) trav (C major) el ing,  (A major) 
Dsus4 
D 
G 
F 
 (Dsus4) what      (D major) have  (G major) I  got to lose?  (F major) 
E 
A 
Aaug 
A 
D 
 (E major) Yes,  (A major) I keep traveling,  (Aaug)  (A major)  (D major) 
Ebdim 
C 
 (E flatdim) un       raveling all my blues.  (C major) 
E 
C 
A 
Aaug 
 (E major)  (C major)  (A major)  (Aaug) 
D 
G 
 (D major) I'd  (G major) check into a hotel
C 
and  (C major) then forget its name.
G 
Yes,  (G major) I could ask,
Eaug 
but oh,  (Eaug) well,
D 
Dm 
G 
aren't  (D major) all hotels  (D minor) just  (G major) the same?
C 
 (C major) Sink into the mattress,
pray God my soul to keep.
A 
D 
G 
C 
 (A major) The  (D major) blues  (G major) are in the  (C major) street,
B 
C 
cries  (B major) out, haunt my troubled  (C major) sleep.
Bb 
A 
 (B flat major) But   (A major) I keep traveling.
Dsus4 
D 
G 
Bb 
Ddim 
 (Dsus4) Why have  (D major) I   (G major) got to love?  (B flat major)  (Ddim) 
E 
A 
 (E major) Yes, I keep  (A major) traveling
Dsus4 
C 
F 
Oh,  (Dsus4)  (C major) I'm  (F major) traveling
C 
G 
Gm 
Fm 
out  (C major) of my  (G major) blood  (G minor)  (F minor) 
C 
Edim 
Eb 
D 
G 
C 
 (C major) Oh,  (Edim) oh, oh.  (E flat major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
Em 
F 
G 
Dm 
C 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (F major)  (G major)  (D minor)  (C major) 
Csus4 
C 
Cm 
C 
Csus4 
C 
G 
E 
 (Csus4)  (C major)  (C minor)  (C major)  (Csus4)  (C major)  (G major)  (E major) 
Dbm 
Db 
F# 
Cdim 
F 
Bm 
Ddim 
Bbm 
Db 
Ddim 
 (D flat minor)  (D flat major)  (F sharp major)  (Cdim)  (F major)  (B minor)  (Ddim)  (B flat minor)  (D flat major)  (Ddim) 
Db 
Ebsus4 
Db 
Ab 
Aaug 
Db 
Ddim 
Ebaug 
 (D flat major)  (E flatsus4)  (D flat major)  (A flat major)  (Aaug)  (D flat major)  (Ddim)  (E flataug) 
A 
Ab 
C 
 (A major) I   (A flat major) wake  (C major) up every morning,
Ddim 
Db 
Ab 
 (Ddim) won (D flat major) der  where I'm  (A flat major) at,
Ddim 
Db 
 (Ddim) I look  (D flat major) into the mirror
C 
Db 
Ab 
and  (C major) ask  (D flat major) myself  (A flat major) who's that?
Db 
 (D flat major) I    left behind a good man,
Ddim 
a face I can't  (Ddim) recall,
Db 
Ab 
D 
Db 
 (D flat major) and  (A flat major) yet   (D major) I  love  (D flat major) my old man,
C 
F 
oh  (C major) no man's  (F major) been loved at all.
Db 
Abm 
B 
Bb 
Ddim 
 (D flat major) But   (A flat minor) I     keep  (B major) on  (B flat major) trav  (Ddim) elin'
E 
Eb 
Ab 
Abm 
A 
Gb 
Db 
 (E major) Why  (E flat major) have I  (A flat major) got to lose?  (A flat minor)  (A major)  (G flat major)  (D flat major) 
F 
 (F major) 
Ddim 
Ab 
Abdim 
Bb 
 (Ddim) Yes,     (A flat major)  (A flatdim) I keep    (B flat major) travelin'
Eb 
Fm 
F 
Fm 
Db 
 (E flat major) Try (F minor) in'   (F major) to unravel  (F minor) all   (D flat major) 
Ab 
Abm 
Fdim 
Bb 
Ebm 
Eb 
 (A flat major) my   blues  (A flat minor)  (Fdim)  (B flat major)  (E flat minor)  (E flat major) 
Ab 
A 
Ab 
I  (A flat major) know  (A major) the blues can (A flat major) 't use me
D 
Ddim 
Db 
Hold  (D major)  (Ddim) me       (D flat major) in   their trap
Ab 
They delete me and they  (A flat major) lose me
A 
E 
while I'm  (A major)  (E major) afraid they're right
Db 
Ddim 
Db 
 (D flat major) Oh   where my  (Ddim) lonely   (D flat major) jour neys
Ddim 
all spawn  (Ddim) from    evil threads
Abdim 
Eb 
Ebdim 
That  (A flatdim)  (E flat major) twist  (E flatdim) and      turn and tangle me
C 
F 
 (C major) until my  (F major) soul is dead
Bb 
Db 
Bb 
Db 
 (B flat major) But  I keep on  (D flat major) stum bling  (B flat major)  (D flat major) 
Eb 
Db 
Ab 
F# 
 (E flat major) What have  (D flat major) I     (A flat major) got to lose?  (F sharp major) 
Db 
 (D flat major) 

Verse 2
Bbm 
Bb 
Eb 
 (B flat minor) Travel (B flat major) ing   (E flat major) 
Ab 
Db 
Dbm 
E 
Fdim 
E 
Trying to lose all my  (A flat major) Woo   (D flat major)  (D flat minor)  (E major)  (Fdim)  (E major) 
Ab 
Ddim 
 (A flat major) I    guess I got (Ddim) ta
A 
 (A major) hit the road again
Abm 
Abm 
G#m 
drumming  (A flat minor)  (A flat minor)  (G sharp minor) 
applause you