Ramble Away chords by Gordon Bok

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G    D  Em

Verse:
           G                       Am
As I was a-walking down Birmingham Street
      G                                   Am
In m' new scarlet jacket, all neat and complete
          G                   Bm
The young girls all smiled as they passed me by
       G                          D      Em    G   Am
Saying one to another, there goes Rambleaway

Verse:
    Em         G                       Am
And as I was a-walking down Birmingham Fair
  G                               Am
I spied pretty Nancy, combing her hair
    G                     Bm
She smiled in my face and to me did say
       G                             D      Em
"Ain't you the young fella they call Rambleaway"

Instrumental:
Em  Am    G    D  Em

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

Verse:
     Em          G                         Am
When twenty-four weeks, they were over and past
     G                                            Am
This pretty young wench, she grew thick round the waist
        G                          Bm
And her gown wouldn't pin, nor her apron strings tie
        G                             D      Em    G   Am
And she longed for the sight of young Rambleaway

Instrumental:
Em  Am    G    D  Em

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