Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
about a traveling man
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He made his living stealing chickens
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Or anything he could find
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That Popeye fool, could run so fast
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When the freight train passed
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Didn't matter how fast
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that boy could get on board
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Cause he was a traveling man
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He was the most travellest man
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that ever was in the land
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he was known for miles around
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But he didn't get caught,
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no he didn't give up
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till the police shot him down
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Now the travelling man
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went down to spring one day,
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was fifteen miles and one quarter
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and got the water all right,
but he stumbled and fell down
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He ran back to the house
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and got himself another bucket,
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caught the water before it
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Cause he was a travelin' man,
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yes he was a travelin' man
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He traveled everywhere,
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he was known for miles around
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But he didn't get caught,
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no he didn't give up
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till the police shot him down
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Now the travelin' man
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But when he seen all them icebergs
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comin' well over the side it blew
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All the passengers seen him
and they all said he was a fool
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But fifteen minutes right af ter that
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he was shootin' craps in Liverpool
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Oh, yes, he was a travelin' man
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Yes, he was a travelin' man
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He was the most travelest man
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that ever was in the land
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He traveled everywhere
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But he didn't get caught
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No, he didn't give up
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Till the police shot him down
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Now they caught that
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travelin' man one time
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And they had him up to hang one day
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Judge said to the travelin' man
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He begged the jury to bow their heads
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Then he winked his eye and
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and he went right up through the air
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yes he was a travelin' man
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He was the most travest man
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that ever was in the land
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He traveled everywhere,
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he was gone for miles around
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But he didn't get caught,
no he didn't give up
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till the police shot him down
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Now the sheriff shot a travelin' man,
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a bullet went through his head
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He sent a telegram to his mama,
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and she come all upset and teared
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But when he opened up his coffin lid,
you know the boy had disappeared
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Cuz he was a travelin' man,
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oh Lord, he was a travelin' man
What was he?
He travelled everywhere,
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he was known for miles around.
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But he didn't get caught,
no he didn't give up,
you
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