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I'm A Ramblin Man by Waylon Jennings

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Opening Riff on C:

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A ---0-1---2---------2-
E -3-------------------


C
I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans, yes I have
     F                                                     C
I've played in California, there ain't too much I haven't seen, no there ain't
            G
Well, I'm a ramblin' man
            G7                    C
Don't fool around with a ramblin' man

C
Left a girl in West Virginia up there where that green grass grows, yes I did
       F                                                 C  
Another girl in Cincinnati waitin' where the Ohio River flows, poor girl
         G                   G7                         C 
I'm a ramblin' man; Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man

F
You'd better move away
                                 C
You're standin' too close to the flame
       F
Once I mess with your mind
                               C
Your little heart won't be the same
           G
Well I'm a ramblin' man
            G7                          C
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man


C
Well, up in Chicago, I was known as quite a boy, yes I was
F                                         C
Down in Alabama, they call me the man of joy, still do
            G
Well, I'm a ramblin' man
            G7                    C
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man


             F
You'd better move away
                                 C
You're standin' too close to the flame
       F
Once I mess with your mind
                               C
Your little heart won't be the same
           G
Well I'm a ramblin' man
            G7                          C
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man