Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:03:28 -0000
From: ä <russ@weeksville.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: t/taylor_james/my_travelling_star.crd

Song - My Travelling Star
Artist &#8211; James Taylor
Album &#8211; October Road
 
This is a great song incorporating typical James
 Taylor style syncopation and chord sequences.
 
The timing is a little tricky so I use a simple picking
pattern behind the vocal to keep things smooth.
 
Intro and break
 
A               A(f#bass)       Dmaj7          E6
----0---------------0-----------------0-------------0h2p0-------
0h2-------2---0-h-2-------2---0-h-2---------0---0h2------020--0-
------2h4---2---------2h4---2-------2-----2---2-------------2---
--------------------------------0-------0-----------------------
0-------0-------------------------------------------------------
----------------2-------2-----------------------0-------0-------
 
A               A(f#bass)       Dmaj7           E6
----0---------------0-----------0h2---0-------------------------
0p2-------2---0-h-2-------2---0-------------2---2-----0-------0-
------2h4---2---------2h4---2-------2-----2---2-----1-----1h2---
--------------------------------0-------0---------2-------------
0-------0-------------------------------------------------------
----------------2-------2-----------------------0-------0-------
 
 
Verse
 
A / / / A (f#bass) / / / Bm7 / / / Bm7 (e bass) / / /
A / / / A (f#bass) / / / Bm7 / / / Bm7 (e bass) / / /
A / / / Em7 / / / Dmaj7 / / / C#7 / / /
F#m / / / F#m7 / / / Bm7 / / / Bm7 (e bass) / / /
 
Chorus
 
Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /
Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /
Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /
Dmaj7 / C#7 / F#m / Em7 /
 
 
Chords
 
A           OO222O
A (f#bass)  2x2220
Dmaj7       xx0220
E6          022120
Bm7         x24232
Bm7 (e bass)0x4232
Em7         022030
C#7         x43420
F#m         244222
                               F#m7        242222
                                        
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