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.