Travelling Alone – Passenger
Nghệ sĩ: Passenger
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
CAPO III, IV OR V (Depending on how much he's smoked when he plays it!)
This is my favourite Passenger song. I heard Mike sing this live in Brisbane April
2013 - I don't think there's a studio version, but the live version from Berlin is
beautiful. The story behind the song is at the very end :)
Chords Used:
ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch
|-0-| |-1-| |-3-| |-0-| |-1-|
|-1-| |-1-| |-0-| |-1-| |-1-|
|-0-| |-2-| |-0-| |-3-| |-1-|
|-2-| |-3-| |-0-| |-2-| |-3-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-X-| |-3-| |-0-|
|-X-| |-X-| |-3-| |-X-| |-X-|
It's all done by fingerpicking. I'll try and get out a tab of the intro soon.
Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Australian man, Scandinavian town
ch]G[/ch
Kickin' stones 'round the square
ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch
He sat for a while, and he carved out a smile
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
As if someone would care
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
He said "I'm a long way from the Gold Coast, the furtherest I've ever known
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And this just ain't my home
ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch
It was my wife's idea, but she's no longer here
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
She left me travelling alone"
Instrumental
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You know I've never heard silence
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Ring out like a bell
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I ain't never heard silence
ch]G7[/ch
Like last night in my expensive hotel
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You see I'm loving a shadow
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Trying to catch the rain
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I've never silence
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
'till I heard it today
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
She came out of the hotel, I could still smell the smoke
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Of a burning heart left inside
ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch
She said "men are all ass-holes, and love's a bad joke"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
She laughed and then started to cry
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
She said "ten years with this man, and a lifetime of plans
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
You know I loved him to his bones
ch]C[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch
But know I've lines on my skin, and he's traded me in
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
He left me travelling alone"
Instrumental
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You know I've never felt silence
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
Well it hit me like a train
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
I've never felt silence
ch]G7[/ch
Like blood, coursing through my veins
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
You see I'm loving a shadow
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch
And I'm trying to catch the rain
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
I've never felt silence
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch
Like I felt it today
ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
I've never heard silence
ch]C[/ch
'till I heard it today
THE STORY:
The first verse is about an old Australian guy he met when he was busking
in Copenhagen. The old guy was listening to Mike play, then came up to him
afterwards and started chatting to him. He told Mike that he had booked a big
trip around the world with his wife, but sadly, she passed away before they
left. He went on the trip anyway though - Mike thought this was brave of the
old guy, because Mike gets scared travelling around the world even though
he's young and normally travels with others.
The second verse is about a woman he met when he was playing his guitar outside
of the hotel in Switzerland he was staying at. She came out crying and told Mike
that her boyfriend of 10 years had just left her for a younger woman. So they just
talked and smoked (and drank apple juice) the whole night, and he played some songs for her.