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Chord diagram for G
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Chord diagram for D
      If you want to really emulate his playing style, you'll need to walk between the chords via hammer-ons on the
 D and A strings

Capo 1st fret

[Intro]
G  C  G  C  D  G  C  G  D  G

[Verse 1]
G                                      C                    G
Well I'm just a lonely traveler and I don't know where I'm bound.
                                        C                 D
But if I keep on moving then I know that I'll be found.
           G                              C                G
I'll climb high atop the mountain, talk to he who holds the crown,
               C             D
But until that day, keep on wanderin'

G  C  G  C  D  G  C  G  D  G

[Verse 2]
G                                      C                 G
now in this world of wonders there are things a man must see
                                            C           D
there are trials he must know and there are troubles he meet
              G                       C               G
he must stare in the eyes of evil and know that he is free
                                 D      G
till the good lord calls keep on wanderin

G  C  G  C  D  G  C  G  D  G

[Verse 3]
G                               C              G
my father was a traveler and my moma stayed at home
                                              C          D
and she cried the day that he walked out and left us all alone
            G                            C                G
and now I'm older than he was when i was born and i don't know
                         D      G
which way is home so i'm wanderin

G  C  G  C  D  G  C  G  D  G

[Verse 4]
G                                       C                   G
yes lord i've seen your oceans and i've seen your mountains high
                                         C              D
i've been lost inside your cities i have seen the under side
       G                      C                     G
yeah i know the troubles that plauged your troubled mind
                              D      G
but they can't catch me i'm a wanderin
                               D      G
yeah they can't catch me i'm a wanderin 

        N.C.
No they can't catch me I'm a wanderin'  
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/justin_townes_earle/wanderin_chords_1995417

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