Traveling Man

B      X4

[Verse 1]
    B                 A      
The man I loved ran a salesman 
         A                  A     
route, selling goods from house to
   E    E   E   E
 house.
       B                  A   
Now, I knew my mama would never 
            A                    
stand for me stepping out with no 
   A         E    E   E   E
traveling man.
   B                       A      
My mama bought things that he was 
              A                    
a'selling but mama didn't know and 
  A           E    E   E   E
I sure wasn't telling
       B                   A      
that behind her back I was making 
            A                      
my plans to meet somewhere with 
  A         E    E   E   E
that traveling man.

[Chorus]
        E                   A
Oh, the traveling man was a good bit
 older
B7                 E
  but a girl needs arms to hold her.
E                        D
Mama didn't know because I didn't 
told her
    D                  E
but mama wouldn't understand:
N.C.
me stepping out with a traveling 
man.

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[Interlude]
B      X4

[Verse 2]
B                    A           
Mama didn't allow me going 
       A                    A     
courting and I'd tell lies that I 
   E    E   E   E
reckon I oughtn't.
        B                 A       
Oh, but she'd give me the back her
         A                      
 hand if she'd seen me with that 
 A         E    E   E   E
traveling man.
      B                   A       
So, I tell my mama that I reckon I
          A                    A  
 ought to go to the spring and 
           E    E   E   E
fetch us some water.
     B                    A       
What mama didn't know is: I had a 
        A                         
plan to meet down there with that 
A         E    E   E   E
traveling man.

[Verse 3]
    B               A             
Now I make plans to run away with 
     A                  A    E    
that traveling man on a Saturday.
E   E   E

      B                   A    
Well, Saturday's here and here I 
            A                    
stand and there goes my mama with 
        A         E    E   E   E
that traveling man.

[Chorus]
         E                  
Oh, that traveling man was a 
 A
two-time lover,
   B7                   E
he took my love then he took my 
mother.
    E                        D
But I didn't know because my mama 
didn't tell me
    D            E
and I don't understand:
   N.C.
my mama running off with my 
traveling man.

[Otro]
B
Mmm. Mama, you know you oughtn't 
done that you just like my daddy:
B
he run off before I ever know him.
B
You done run-off with my traveling 
man
B
and I really don't think I ever know
 you either.
B
Oh, there goes my mama with my 
traveling man
B
and I'm really going to miss that 
traveling man. Mm-hm