Intro:
B5  Ab5  C#5  E5     B5   Ab5  
E5   C#5  E5

Lyrics:

B5                        Ab5
Watch my back and light my way
 C#5             E5
My traveling star, my traveling star
B5                                       Ab5
Watch over all of those born St. Christopher's Day
C#5              E5    G5
Old road dog, young runaway
Ab5                            F#5       A5
They hunger for home but they cannot stay
E5                 A5
They wait by the door
                     Ab5
They stand and they stare
                  F5          E5
They're already out of there

They're already out of there

B5                        Ab5
My daddy used to ride the rails
 C#5       E5
So they say, so they say
B5                       Ab5
Soft as smoke and as tough as nails
C#5              E5    G5
Boxcar Jones, old walking man
Ab5             Fm7(b5)         F#5       A5
Coming back home was like going to jail
 E5                 A5                    Ab5
The sheets and the blankets and babies and all
                  F5      E5
No he never did come back home
          G5
Never that I recall


Ab5   C#5   Ab5
Nevermind the wind
      C#5      E5
Nevermind the rain
      F#5       B5
Nevermind the road
     Bb5
leading home again
Ab5    Fm7(b5)   F#5
Never asking why
       B5
Never knowing when
 E5     Eb5     C#5
Every now and then
          E5
There he goes again

Interlude:   B5  Ab5  C#5  E5
             B5  Ab5  E5 Eb5 C#5 E5


B5                        Ab5
She had a cat and a dog named Blue
C#5             E5
My traveling star, my traveling star
 B5                         Ab5
A big old stove and a fireplace, too
C#5              E5    G5
Old road dog, young runaway
Ab5                              F#5       A5
She told me she loved me like it was true
E5                 A5
I knew I should stay
               Ab5
I knew I would go
         F5   E5
Run run run away
           G5
Run run run away, boy


Ab5   C#5   Ab5
Run before the wind
      C#5      E5
Run before the rain
      F#5
Over yonder hill
B5       Bb5
Just around the bend
Ab5    Fm7(b5)     F#5
Never knowing why
       B5
Never knowing when
E5     Eb5     C#5
Every now and then
         E5
There you go again

B5              Ab5
Tie me up and hold me down
C#5  E5
Oh, my traveling star
 B5                     Ab5
Bury my feet down in the ground
C#5 E5 G5
Oh, old road dog
Ab5         Fm7(b5)         F#5       A5
Claim my name from the lost and found
E5            A5                          Ab5
And let me believe this is where I belong
         F5     E5
Shame on me for sure

For one more highway song

B5  Ab5

C#5               E5
My traveling star, My traveling star


B5   Ab5

E5   B5  C#5  E5     B5