Wanderin' Star

Words & Music by Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, 1952
Featured in the 1969 movie "Paint Your Wagon" and sung there by Lee Marvin


C-Dm7   C - Dm7     C-   Dm7   C   -  Dm7
I was born  under a wanderin' star,

C-Dm7   C - Dm7     C-   Dm7   C   -  Dm7
I was born under a wanderin' star.

  F                 Dm7       F	             Dm7
Wheels are made for rollin', mules are made to pack;

       C   C/B    Am7       Am7/G		 D 	   Dm       G
I've never seen a sight that didn't look better lookin' back.

C-Dm7   C - Dm7     C-   Dm7   C   -  Dm7
I was born under a wanderin' star,     a 

C  Am7    Dm7  G      C    Dm7   C   C/B
Wand'rin', wand'rin' star.


Bridge:

 Em		                              				
Mud can make you prisoner 

         D
And the plains can make you dry;

 Em                              					
Smoke can burn your eyes, 

         D
But only people make you cry.

 Dm                             					
Home was made for comin' from, 

      C       C/B   Am7  Am7/G
And dreams of goin' to,

   D             Dm7                    G  D7  G7  G6              
Which, with any luck, will never come true.


I was born under a wanderin' star,
I was born under a wanderin' star.
Do I know where hell is?  Hell is in "Hello."
Heaven is "Good bye forever, it's time for me to go."
I was born under a wanderin' star,
A wanderin', wanderin' star.


Repeat Bridge:


I was born under a wanderin' star,
I was born under a wanderin' star.
When I get to heaven, better tie me to a tree,
Or I'll be off to roam again, you know where I will be.
I was born under a wanderin' star,
A wanderin', wanderin' star.


Note: The recurring "C - Dm7" figure is played as 3 beats of C followed by 1 beat of Dm. It can alternated with, or replaced by, a "walking bass" of C - C/B - Am7 - Am7/G


 
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