Hard Travelin’ Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I've been havin' some hard travelin',
I thought you knowed
I've been havin' some hard travelin',
[A]way down [D]the road
[G]I've been havin' some hard travelin',
[C]hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
[G]I've been havin' some
[D]hard travelin', [G]lord

[Verse 2]
[G]I've been ridin' them fast rattlers,
I thought you knowed
I've been ridin' them flat wheelers,
[A]way down [D]the road
[G]I've been ridin' them blind passengers,
[C]dead- enders, kickin' up cinders
[G]I've been havin' some [D]hard travelin',
[G]lord

[Interlude 1]
[G][A][D]
[G][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]I've been hittin' some hard- rock minin',
I thought you knowed
I've been leanin' on a pressure drill,
[A]way down the [D]road
[G]Hammer flyin', air- hose suckin',
[C]six foot of mud and I shore been a muckin'
And [G]I've been hittin' some
[D]hard travelin', [G]lord

[Verse 4]
[G]I've been hittin' some hard harvestin',
I thought you knowed
North Dakota to Kansas City,
[A]way down [D]the road
[G]Cuttin' that wheat, stackin' that hay,
and I'm [C]tryin' make about a dollar a day
[G]An d I've been [D]havin' some hard travelin',
[G]lord

[Interlude 2]
[G][A][D]
[G][C][G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
[G]I've been working that Pittsburgh steel,
I thought you knowed
I've been a dumpin' that red- hot slag,
[A]way down [D]the road
[G]I've been a blasting, I've been a firin',
[C]I've been a pourin' red- hot iron
[G]I've been hittin' some
[D]hard travelin', [G]lord

[Verse 6]
[G]I've been layin' in a hard- rock jail,
I thought you knowed
I've been a laying out 90 days,
[A]way down [D]the road
[G]Damned old judge, he said to me,
[C]"It's 90 days for vagrancy."
And [G]I've been hittin' some
[D]hard travelin', [G]lord

[Verse 7]
[G]I've been walking that Lincoln highway,
I thought you knowed,
I've been hittin' that
[A]66, way down [D]the road
[G]Heavy load and a worried mind,
[C]lookin' for a woman that's hard [G]to find,[D][G]
I've been hittin' [A]some[D]
[G]hard traveli[C]n', lor[G]d[D][G]