Ramble Away chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G  D MajorD E minorEm

Verse:
      G+G            A minorAm
As I was a-walking down Birmingham Street
   G+G                  A minorAm
In m' new scarlet jacket, all neat and complete
     G+G          B minorBm
The young girls all smiled as they passed me by
    G+G             D MajorD   E minorEm  G+G  A minorAm
Saying one to another, there goes Rambleaway

Verse:
  E minorEm     G+G            A minorAm
And as I was a-walking down Birmingham Fair
 G+G                A minorAm
I spied pretty Nancy, combing her hair
  G+G           B minorBm
She smiled in my face and to me did say
    G+G               D MajorD   E minorEm
"Ain't you the young fella they call Rambleaway"

Instrumental:
E minorEm A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD E minorEm

Verse:
        G+G            A minorAm
I said, "Pretty Nancy, don't smile in my face
   G+G                 A minorAm
For I do not intend to stay long in this place"
     G+G             B minorBm
"Oh, then where are you going? Come tell me, my dear"
   G+G            D MajorD      E minorEm   G+G  A minorAm
So I told her I'd ramble, the devil knows where

Verse:
   E minorEm     G+G             A minorAm
When twenty-four weeks, they were over and past
   G+G                      A minorAm
This pretty young wench, she grew thick round the waist
    G+G             B minorBm
And her gown wouldn't pin, nor her apron strings tie
    G+G               D MajorD   E minorEm  G+G  A minorAm
And she longed for the sight of young Rambleaway

Instrumental:
E minorEm A minorAm  G+G  D MajorD E minorEm

Verse:
           G+G             A minorAm
So come all ye young maidens, take a warning by me
   G+G                    A minorAm
When courting your fellow, don't be easy and free
   G+G             B minorBm
Don't dress yourselves up and go out on the play
     G+G                D MajorD   E minorEm
For it's there you might meet with young Rambleaway
    A minorAm
Rambleaway
     G+G                D MajorD   E minorEm  G+G  A minorAm
Oh, it's there you might meet with young Rambleaway