- The Traveling Kind -
by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, from their album 'The Traveling Kind' (2015)
[Capo 5]
Em D C G
We don't all die young to save our spark
Em D C
From the ravages of time
Em D C G
But the first and last to leave their mark
C G Em D G
Someday become the traveling kind
Em D C G
In the wind are names of poets past
Em D C
Some were friends of yours and mine
Em D C G
And to those unsung we lift our glass
C G Em D G
May their songs become the traveling kind
Em D C G
We were born to brave this tilted world
Em D C
With our hearts laid on the line
Em D C G
Be it way-crossed boy or red dirt girl
C G Em D G
The song becomes the traveling kind
Em D C G
There are mountains worth their weight in gold
Em D C
Mere mortals dare not climb
Em D C G
Come ye gypsy, sainted, sinners both
C G Em D G
And claim them for the traveling kind
Em D C G
When the music slowly starts to fade
Em D C
Into the light's last soft decline
Em D C G
Let us lie down in that evening shade
C G Em D Em
And rest a-mong the traveling kind
C G Em D G
And the song goes on for the traveling kind
