Ramblin Jack chords by Kris Kristofferson

Chords with lyrics

Ramblin' Jack
From the album Feeling Mortal

INTRO:

C majorC

VERSE 1:

C majorC
I got a friend named Ramblin' Jack.
C majorC
He's got a face like a tumbled down shack
                     G+G
That's been lived in too long to be torn down.
   G+G
He's high on life and low on luck
   G+G
and big on driving diesel trucks
                      C majorC
And knows the boys that built them by the sound

VERSE 2:

 C majorC
Most of his lifetime he's been wasted
C majorC
On the wine of life he's tasted
                   FF
And I guess the rest, Lord, he was stoned
     G+G
And he's known to lay his weary head
     G+G
In some funky, unfamiliar beds
                C majorC
But he was only looking for a home

CHORUS:

    FF                 C majorC
And I know he ain't afraid of where he's going
     G+G                  C majorC
And I'm sure he ain't ashamed of where he's been
    FF
He has paid a little piece of his soul
      C majorC
For every seed that he's been sowing
     D MajorD                   G+G
And he's made his own mistakes, and love, and friends
N.C.              C majorC
Ain't that what matters in the end

INTERLUDE:

D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

VERSE 3:

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Soulful songs and sailing ships
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Put a smile upon his lips
               A augmentedA
Easy as the laughter in his eyes
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And if he knew how good he'd done
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every song he ever sung
               D MajorD
I believe he'd truly be surprised

VERSE 4:

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Looking back he's come so far
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Looking at his lucky star
                   G+G
Somewhere, out there, rocking on the road
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Risky nights and wasted days
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Wild and righteous, wicked ways
              D MajorD
Mixing up the music in his soul

CHORUS:

    G+G                 D MajorD
And I know he ain't afraid of where he's going
     A augmentedA                  D MajorD
And I'm sure he ain't ashamed of where he's been
    G+G
He has paid a little piece of his soul
      D MajorD
For every seed that he's been sowing
     E MajorE                   A augmentedA
And he's made his own mistakes, and love, and friends
N.C.              D MajorD
Ain't that what matters in the end

OUTRO:

D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD

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