Travlin Light

by Sid Tepper & Roy C Bennett · posted by harmusman

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Cliff Richard sang this one. One of his early hits 1959

    6  6   6    6  -6  -6   6   4   -4  5~~~~~~
//:Got no bags and/bag-gage to slow me/down----/
~  7   7    7  7   7~~ 7   -8   7    -5   6  -6
- I'm/trav-lin'so fast my/feet aint touch-in the/
  6~~~~~~  6  -6  6    -7~~~~~~  -7 -7  -6
ground---/Tra-vel-in'/light---/-Tra-vel-in'/
 -6  6~~~~ 6   6  -5   -5    -5  -5
Light---/-Well I/just can't wait to/
6   6   -3 -3 -3 -3  4~~~~~~~~~~~   -6  7   7 7
be with my ba-by to-nig/ht----/--  /No comb & no/
  -8    7   8  8  8   7    -6  6~~~~~
tooth brush/I got no-thin' to haul/--  /
-6   7  7   7  -8 7~~-6  -7 -7   6   6    6    6
I'm car-ry-ing/on-ly--a/poc-ket full of dreams A/
 -7    6   6   6    6   -7    6   6    6   6
heart full of love and/they weigh no-thing at/
 6    6    6   6  6   6   6    -6   6   4  -4
all /Soon I'm gon-na see that/love look in her/
 5~~~~~~ 7 -6  7    7 -6  7  -8  -6
eyes---/I'm a/hoot and a hol-ler a-/
 7   -6  -5 -6   -6 6~~~~ 6  -6  6   -7~~~~~
way from pa-ra-/dise----/Tra-vel-in/light---/
 -7 -7  -6  -6 6~~~5  -5   -5    -5  -5
Tra-vel-in/light/- I/just can't wait to/
6   6   -3 -3 -3 -3   4~~~~~~~~~~~
be with my ba-by to-night.----/---  /

Yours Harmusman

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