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Rambling Round chords by Indigo Girls

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Ramblin' Round
written by Woody Guthrie
as performed by the Indigo Girls & Ani DiFranco
on Til We Out Number Chord diagramE minorEm from Righteous Babe Records
(Chord diagramA augmentedA live tribute to Woody Guthrie recorded in 1996)

You can play this song in standard tuning, but to get the
bridge and the general slide sound right (or to play along
with the CD), you need to tune to a D-major chord.

Basically, you drop the Chord diagramBB string and both Chord diagramE MajorE strings down a
full step, and the Chord diagramG+G string down a half step:

Chord diagramE MajorE --> Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA === Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramD MajorD === Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G  -> Chord diagramF#F#
Chord diagramBB --> Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramE MajorE --> Chord diagramD MajorD

Then this song is pretty easy - the primary Chord diagramD MajorD major chord
is just all open strings, and the other chords are barres
at the 5th, 7th, and 12th frets respectively.

     D(open)   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramA augmentedA     D(high)
Chord diagramD MajorD |--0--|------5-----|--7--|--12--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--0--|------5-----|--7--|--12--|
Chord diagramD MajorD |--0--|------5-----|--7--|--12--|
Chord diagramF#F#|--0--|------5-----|--7--|--12--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--0--|------5-----|--7--|--12--|
Chord diagramD MajorD |--0--|------5-----|--7--|--12--|

It bears mentioning that this song is in 3/4 time.

The basic verse pattern is:

D-A-A-D-D-G

The chorus is:

A-D-A-D

And the bridge is:

D(high)-A-G-D(open)


INTRO
D(open) x 7  (arpeggiating)

VERSE:

Chord diagramD MajorD 		  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Rambled 'round the ...

Chord diagramA augmentedA			Chord diagramD MajorD
Rambled 'round the ....

Chord diagramD MajorD  	      Chord diagramG+G
I never see a ..... . ....

CHORUS:

Chord diagramA augmentedA		   Chord diagramD MajorD
(As) I go ramblin' 'round, boys

Chord diagramA augmentedA		 Chord diagramD MajorD
As I go ramblin' 'round

VERSE

Chord diagramD MajorD
My sweetheart...

CHORUS

VERSE -- Ani's verse is the same as the
first two with these minor changes:

Chord diagramD MajorD (just hit the bass note first)
The peaches...

	   D(high)
...bending down...

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

D(high), A, G, D(open) x 2

VERSE

Chord diagramD MajorD
Sometimes a fruit...

CHORUS

VERSE (same chords, implied)

Chord diagramD MajorD
I wish that...

CHORUS

VERSE (a capella, obviously)
My mother prayed...

-----------------------------

There you go.  Not a very tough song.  You could also tune to an
Chord diagramE MajorE major chord and just transpose it to E-B-A instead of D-A-G.

Enjoy!

- Darin, [email protected]

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