Capo at the 1st Fret
Intro: G D C G
Chorus:
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G C D D
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
C G Em C
When it”s time for leaving, I hope you”ll understand
G D G G
That I was born a rambling man
Verse:
G C G G
My father was a gambler down in Georgia
G C D D
He wound up on the wrong end of a gun
C G Em C
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
G D G G
Rolling down highway forty-one
Chorus:
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G C D D
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
C G Em C
When it”s time for leaving, I hope you”ll understand
G D G D (hold)
That I was born a rambling man
Solo:
G (hold) D (hold) C (hold) G (hold)
G C G G
G C D D
C G Em C
G D G G
Verse:
G C G G
I”m on my way to New Orleans this morning
G C D D
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee
C G Em C
They”re always having a good time down on the bayou, Lord
G D G G
Them delta women think the world of me
Chorus:
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G C D D
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
C G Em C
When it”s time for leaving, I hope you”ll understand
G D G G
That I was born a rambling man
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G F G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin” man
G F G G (all the way out)