Intro
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Verse
F
On the first day of the journey the traveller was prepared
C G
And words of consolation were never heard
F
He didn't know where he was going, just a poem in his mind
C G
And all the things he valued, he left behind
Am F
Running for the money
C G
Running for the fame
Am F
Lost where he was going
G F C G
And forgot his name 
Verse
F
The promised land was waiting, his vision led him on
C G
But only promises were waiting, for the rest had gone
F
So he asked a band of travellers, who turned the other way
C G
And left him in the wilderness to face the day
Am F
Running for the money
C G
Running for the fame
Am F
Lost where he was going
G F C G
And forgot his name
Verse
F
He wandered through the desert, where the land lay in waste
C G
He was guided by the blinding sun, which burned his face
F
So he turned to the mountains, where the air was fresh and clear
C G
And the cold wind chilled his body, and his death was near
Am F
Running for the money
C G
Running for the fame
Am F
Lost where he was going
G F C G
And forgot his name
Verse
F
So the traveller came home again, an old and feeble man
C G
There was no one there to greet him, everyone had gone
F
No one left to listen and no one left to hear
C G
And everything had turned to dust, and the earth was bare
Am F
Running for the money
C G
Running for the fame
Am F
Lost where he was going
G F C G
And forgot his name
Am F
Running for the money
C G
Running for the fame
Am F
Lost where he was going
G F C G
And forgot his name
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