Chords with lyrics
Opening Riff on C:
D MajorD ---------------1-0--
A augmentedA ---0-1---2---------2-
E MajorE -3-------------------
C majorC
I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans, yes I have
FF C majorC
I've played in California, there ain't too much I haven't seen, no there ain't
G+G
Well, I'm a ramblin' man
G7G7 C majorC
Don't fool around with a ramblin' man
C majorC
Left a girl in West Virginia up there where that green grass grows, yes I did
FF C majorC
Another girl in Cincinnati waitin' where the Ohio River flows, poor girl
G+G G7G7 C majorC
I'm a ramblin' man; Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man
FF
You'd better move away
C majorC
You're standin' too close to the flame
FF
Once I mess with your mind
C majorC
Your little heart won't be the same
G+G
Well I'm a ramblin' man
G7G7 C majorC
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man
C majorC
Well, up in Chicago, I was known as quite a boy, yes I was
FF C majorC
Down in Alabama, they call me the man of joy, still do
G+G
Well, I'm a ramblin' man
G7G7 C majorC
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man
FF
You'd better move away
C majorC
You're standin' too close to the flame
FF
Once I mess with your mind
C majorC
Your little heart won't be the same
G+G
Well I'm a ramblin' man
G7G7 C majorC
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man