[ Предположительная тональность: D ] standard tuning no capo Chord pattern is the same for the whole song: G, A, D, E7 [verse] G A D E7 When I was an astronaut I didn't have my boots, G A D E7 When I was a coal miner I didn't know the news, G A D E7 When I was a record store I didn't have the blues, G A D I travel light and that's the life for me. [chorus] G A D E7 He doesn't care where else he goes, G A D E7 He's not gonna take any extra clothes G A D E7 or extra shoes to hide his feet G A D E7 The ground is dirt, the dirt is sweet [verse] G A D E7 When I go Londontown I'll stand under a rock, G A D E7 Until I know all the time it takes to pack a clock, G A D E7 Then I'll flip it over, close the key, and swallow the lock. G A D I travel light and that's the life for me. [chorus] G A D E7 He doesn't take his spoon or fork, G A D E7 He's seen too many eating in New York, G A D E7 He'll use his hands to pick and eat, G A D E7 The fruit he finds, he'll find it sweet [verse] G A D E7 When I was a waitress, I gave away my tips G A D E7 When I was a call-girl, I gave away my hips G A D E7 When I ran the kissing booth, I gave away my lips, G A D I travel light and that's the life for me [chorus] G A D E7 She lives a life like abandoned wind Elemental wife, fortune is her friend, G A D E7 I smile on a planet and a river made of light, G A D E7 she's just a pebble on a waterfall tonight [verse] G A D E7 When i go to Boston I stand around in jeans G A D E7 And save the cash for Levi's by selling black-market baked beans G A D E7 Denim's what I like to wear it has durable seams G A D I travel light and that's the life for me [chorus] G A D E7 She is just a genius without a thinking cap G A D E7 She never pays the rent, she's funny like that G A D E7 I don't know what she's on, she's here and gone G A D E7 Rides a welcome mat on a jungle cat [Bridge] G A D E7 Fur's and silver chairs and shiny things are just a fuss G A D E7 We'll eat all peanuts that we steal from the circus G A D E7 We'll count the all stars and go to sleep under the bus G A D We'll travel light and that's the life for us [Outro] G A D E7 We'll travel light and that's the life for us G A D We'll travel light and that's the life for us