Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Key: G
Difficulty: Intermediate
"Ramblin' Man" (Dickey Betts) The Allman Brothers Band, 1973
Country rock - southern rock, original Key Ab, BPM 180
Intro:
G D C G
A|-10--7/5-----------|-----------|-------------------|-3---2--|
E|----------7-5/3----|-----------|-----3----5/3------|-5---3--|
C|-----------------4-|-2---------|-2/4---4-------4/2-|--------|
G|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
Chorus:
G F C G
Lord, I____ was born____ a ram---blin' man_____
G C D
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I_____ can
D G Em7 C G
And when it's time__ for leavin'__, I hope you'll under-stand_____
G D G
That I was born____ a ramblin' man
Verse:
G C G
Well my father was__ a gam--bler down in Georgia__
G C D
And he wound up on the wrong end of gun________
D C G Em7 C G
And I was born in the back seat__ of a Greyhound bus____
G D G
Rollin' down Highway 41______
Chorus:
G F C G
Lord, I____ was born____ a ram---blin' man_____
G C D
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I_____ can
D G Em7 C G
And when it's time__ for leavin'__, I hope you'll under-stand_____
G D G
That I was born____ a ramblin' man
Instrumental:
| D | D | D | D | D | G | C | G | G | G |
| C | D | D | C | G | Em7 | C | G | D | G |
Verse:
G C
I'm on my way to New__ Orleans this mornin'__
G C D
Leaving out of Nash--ville, Tennessee_____
D C G Em7
They're always having a good time down on the ba-you_____
C G D G
Lord, and Delta women think the world of me________
Chorus:
G F C G
Lord, I____ was born____ a ram---blin' man_____
G C D
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I_____ can
D G Em7 C G
And when it's time__ for leavin'__, I hope you'll under-stand_____
G D G
That I was born____ a ramblin' man
Chorus:
G F C G
Lord, I____ was born____ a ram---blin' man_____
G C D
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I_____ can
D G Em7 C G
And when it's time__ for leavin'__, I hope you'll under-stand_____
G D G
That I was born____ a ramblin' man
Instrumental:
| D | D | D | D | D | G | C | G | G | G |
| C | D | D | C | G | Em7 | C | G | D | G |
Outro:
G F G G F G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
G F G G F G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
G F G G F G G G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, Lord, I was born a ramblin' man /
Outro Lick: lick is played throughout the outro
G F G
A|----------|-7--5--------7--5-|----------|-10/8---10---|
E|-5/7------|-8--7---7----7--5-|-7--------|--7/5----7---|
C|-5/7------|--------7---------|-7--------|-------------|
G|----------|------------------|----------|-------------|
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| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato
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