Jim Henry - Travis John
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
G C D C D G (2x)
[Verse 1]
G C D
Under a foreign sky
C D G
My fate awaits me
C D
There but for god go I
C D G
Do not forsake me
Bm C D
I am a boy, full of promise
Em D C
Full of free-dom
[Chorus]
G
Now the joy
D
Is dead and done
C G
I am gone
[Verse 2]
G C D
Before the western sea
C D G
My home was in the valley
C D
There with my family
C D G
I took to manhood early
Bm C
I was the one my brother called
D
My mother looked to me
Em D C
Her fine, strong son
[Chorus]
G
Now the joy
D
Is dead and done
C G
I am gone
[Instrumental]
G C D C D G (2x)
[Verse 3]
G C D
Finding my way to go
C D G
The call that I should answer
C D
My country's own hero
C D G
Like music to the dancer
Bm C D
I am a boy, full of promise
Em D C
Full of free-dom
[Chorus]
G
Now the joy
D
Is dead and done
C G
I am gone
[Instrumental]
Bm C D Em D G D G
[Verse 4]
G C D
Under a weeping willow tree
C D G
You planted roses
C D
There in my memory
C D G
Where my eternal ghost is
Bm C D
I was a boy, full of promise
Em D C
Full of free-dom
[Chorus]
G
And now the joy
D
Is dead and done
C G
I am gone
[Chorus]
Now the joy
D
Is dead and done
C G
I am gone
[Outro]
D C G
Hmm hmm, hmm hmm, hmm hmm, hmm
G C D C D G (2x)