Rambleaway chords by Shirley Collins

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Am

Verse 1:
Am        C                       G
As I go a-walking down Birmingham Street
Am        C                           G
In my new scarlet jacket all neat and complete,
Am                                E
The girls all say as they pass me by,
Am                               E(7)  Am
"Is that the young man they call Rambleaway?"

Verse 2:
Am         C                     G
As I was a-walking to Birmingham Fair
Am           C                   G
I saw lovely Nancy a-curling her hair.
Am                                            E
I tipped her the wink and she rolled her dark eye,
Am                             E(7)         Am
And said I to myself, "I'll be there by and by."

Verse 3:
Am           C                         G
As I was out walking that night in the dark
Am            C                  G
I took lovely Nancy to be my sweetheart;
Am                                      E
She smiled in my face and to me she did say,
Am                                  E(7)  Am
"Aren't you the young man they call Rambleaway?"

Verse 4:
Am               C                        G
I said, "My dear Nancy, don't smile in my face,
Am              C                        G
For I do not intend to stay long in this place."
Am                                          E
"Then where are you going, come tell me, my dear."
Am                         E(7)       Am
I told her I'd ramble the devil knows where.

Verse 5:
Am            C                  G
Before twelve weeks was over and past
Am                C                       G
This pretty young Nancy, she grew sick at last.
Am                                           E
Her dress wouldn't pin nor her apron strings tie
Am                                    E(7)  Am
And she longed for the sight of young Rambleaway.

Verse 6:
Am            C                          G
My dad and my mother have both come from home.
Am              C                         G
But when they return I won't sit down and mourn
Am                                         E
I'll tell them the story and leave them to say,
Am                                            E(7)  Am
"Well, no doubt she's been playing with young Rambleaway."

Verse 7:
Am                    C                         G
So come all you young ladies, take a warning by me,
Am                C                       G
When courting the boys, don't be easy and free.
Am                                          E
Just dress yourselves up as you step out to pay
Am                                   E(7)  Am
But take care if you meet with young Rambleaway.