C                          G                 C
Once again my suitcase and guitar are by the door,
F                   G                C
It even seems old purple knows the reason,
F                     G            C            Am
Three months on the road and I'm barely back at home,
   D                                G
But I'm no sooner settled than I'm leavin',

[Verse 2]
C                                    G       C
Travelling with the show to places rarely ever seen,
F                  G                C
Or visiting old friends in outback towns.
F                    G           C             F
Every mile a memory lane and I keep goin' back again,
C                             G           C
So there'll be no chance of ever slowin' down.

[Chorus]
   F                                     C
Hey! but you know you can still smell the roses,
F                         C             G
When you're runnin' with them in your hand,
C                            F
I never stay too long, I'm always movin' on,
C                       G          Am  F
An' I'm not about to change the way I am,
 C                      G              C
So I guess that I was born a travellin' man.

[Verse 4]
C                            G                C
Aquantinces and memories can slip away with time
F                          G           C
But every year theres new ones to be made
F              G               C      F
Tails to be passed on from father down to son
C                            G         C
Before those outback storys begin to fade

[Verse 5]
C                                G               C
Like the one about poor Trumby and the rain tumblin down
F                        G                C
The country miles ive walked and all ive seen
F                         G               C            F  
And if the family ever preyed that id settle down some day
C                     G                  C
I guess their biggest disappointement  was me

[Chorus]
  F                                     C
Hey! but you know you can still smell the roses,
F                         C             G
When you're runnin' with them in your hand,
C                            F
I never stay too long, I'm always movin' on,
C                       G          Am  F
An' I'm not about to change the way I am,
 C                      G              C
So I guess that I was born a travellin' man.

[Chorus]
  F                                     C
Hey! but you know you can still smell the roses,
F                         C             G
When you're runnin' with them in your hand,
C                            F
I never stay too long, I'm always movin' on,
C                      G           Am  F
An' I'm not about to change the way I am,
 C                      G              C
So I guess that I was born a travellin' man.