Traveling Light Chords
by Peter Case
Traveling Light by Peter Case is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D D G
G D
Well you been standing on the corner for a thousand nights. Slowest corner known to man
D G
Watching strange faces pass beneath the light with a bottle waving in your hand
G D
You got just enough money for some nothing to go. This aint exactly what you planned
D G
So lonesome that can’t even say hello, and no one seems to under-stand.
G C G
So you’re a mixed up kid, come and join the crowd.
D G
The ones who only fit, well their not allowed.
G C G C
You’re out on the streets and your feeling blue,.. Traveling Light
G C D G
You got hole in your soul where the wind blows through
G C D G
You got hole in your soul where the wind blows through
G D
So you wondered away from your childhood home. No one cared to trace the tracks you made
D G
You travel by night and you travel alone. Came to rest at a penny arcade.
G D
Now the last shot is over on a Saturday night. You wake in the beam of a cops flash light.
D G
He’s ask who you are like you knew or you cared. He’s asking where you and just say no-where
C G
Mixed up kid, come and join the crowd.
D G
The ones who only fit, well their not allowed.
G C G C
You’re out on the streets and your feeling blue,.. Traveling Light
G C D G
You got hole in your soul where the wind blows through
G C D G
You got hole in your soul where the wind blows through
Bridge:
D C G
Traveling light are your big mistakes, & the trouble that you got will be your saving grace.
D C G
A prayer and a chance, from out of the blue. Asking for a miracle to see you through
G D
I don’t know where I got it, but I got it the same. It’s a feeling that can rip you apart
D G
Follows me around like a part of my name. Like I’m born with a time bomb instead of a heart
C G
Mixed up kid, is here to join the crowd.
D G
The ones who only fit, well their not allowed.
G C G C
You’re out on the streets and your feeling blue,.. Traveling Light
G C D G
You got hole in your soul where the wind blows through
G C D G
You got hole in your soul where the wind blows through