Intro:
B  Abm7  C#m7  E/F#     B   Abm  
E   C#m7  E/F#

Lyrics:

B                        Abm7
Watch my back and light my way
 C#m7             E/F#
My traveling star, my traveling star
B                                       Abm7
Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day
C#m7              E/F#    G?
Old road dog, young runaway
Abm7                            F#m7       A/B
They hunger for home but they cannot stay
E                 A7
They wait by the door
                     Abm7
They stand and they stare
                  F?          E/F#
They're already out of there

They're already out of there

B                        Abm7
My daddy used to ride the rails
 C#m7       E/F#
So they say, so they say
B                       Abm7
Soft as smoke and as tough as nails
C#m7              E/F#    G?
Boxcar Jones, old walking man
Abm7             Fm7(b5)         F#m7       A/B
Coming back home was like going to jail
 E                 A7                    Abm7
The sheets and the blankets and babies and all
                  F?      E/F#
No he never did come back home
          G?
Never that I recall


Abm7   C#/Eb   Abm7
Nevermind the wind
      C#/Eb      E7M
Nevermind the rain
      F#       B
Nevermind the road
     Bbm7
leading home again
Abm7    Fm7(b5)   F#m7
Never asking why
       B7
Never knowing when
 E     Ebm7     C#m7
Every now and then
          E/F#
There he goes again

Interlude:   B  Abm7  C#m7  E/F#
             B  Abm  E Ebm7 C#m7 E/F#


B                        Abm7
She had a cat and a dog named Blue
C#m7             E/F#
My traveling star, my traveling star
 B                         Abm7
A big old stove and a fireplace, too
C#m7              E/F#    G?
Old road dog, young runaway
Abm7                              F#m7       A/B
She told me she loved me like it was true
E                 A7
I knew I should stay
               Abm7
I knew I would go
         F?   E/F#
Run run run away
           G?
Run run run away, boy


Abm7   C#/Eb   Abm7
Run before the wind
      C#/Eb      E7M
Run before the rain
      F#
Over yonder hill
B       Bbm7
Just around the bend
Abm7    Fm7(b5)     F#m7
Never knowing why
       B7
Never knowing when
E     Ebm7     C#m7
Every now and then
         E/F#
There you go again

B              Abm7
Tie me up and hold me down
C#m7  E/F#
Oh, my traveling star
 B                     Abm7
Bury my feet down in the ground
C#m7 E/F# G?
Oh, old road dog
Abm7         Fm7(b5)         F#m7       A/B
Claim my name from the lost and found
E            A7                          Abm7
And let me believe this is where I belong
         F?     E/F#
Shame on me for sure

For one more highway song

B  Abm7

C#m7               E/F#
My traveling star, My traveling star


B   Abm

E   B/D#  C#m7  E/F#     B