Hanging Up My Travelin Shoes Chords

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Hanging Up My Travelin Shoes by Alabama is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, A7, D7, C and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
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Intro: G   D   A7   D 

D                D                     D                        A7 
I've been going around in a whirlwind, Not knowing which way to go 
A7                  A7 
I've been lost in a jungle of heartaches  
A7                       D 
Looking for what I don't know 
D                        D 
I've spread my wings and I've done some things  
       D7             G 
That I never meant to do 
     G                          D 
It's took me some time but I've made up my mind  
    A7                      D 
I'm hanging up my travelin’ shoes 

 
G                       G         G        A7           D 
Hanging up my travelin’ shoes… My running around is all through 
    D                       A7       A7                      D 
I'm folding my wings up for you, I'm hanging up my travelin’ shoes 

Interlude: G   D   A7   D 

D                  D                   D                    A7 
I've been riding a sea of uncertainty, Running away from it all 
     A7                       A7 
I've listened to nothing that life had to tell me  
A7                             D 
Watched all my dreams rise and fall 
     D                    D 
I've made my mistakes but it's not too late  
   D7                     G 
To pull myself out of the blues 
     G                          D                       
It's took me some time but I've made up my mind  
    A7                      D 
I'm hanging up my travelin’ shoes 

 
G                       G         G        A7           D 
Hanging up my travelin’ shoes… My running around is all through 
    D                       A7       A7                      D 
I'm folding my wings up for you, I'm hanging up my travelin’ shoes 

A7                      C     G     F     C     G 
Hanging up my travelin’ shoes… 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante