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| [Intro] | |
| G D C C/G | |
| [Chorus] | |
| G F G | |
| Lord, I was born a ramblin' man | |
| C D | |
| Trying to make a living and doing the best I can | |
| C G Em C | |
| But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand | |
| G D G | |
| That I was born a ramblin' man | |
| [Verse 1] | |
| G C G | |
| My father was a gambler down in Georgia | |
| C D | |
| And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun | |
| C G Em C | |
| And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus | |
| G D G | |
| Rolling down highway forty-one | |
| [Chorus] | |
| G F G | |
| Lord, I was born a ramblin' man | |
| C D | |
| Trying to make a living and doing the best I can | |
| C G Em C | |
| But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand | |
| G D G | |
| That I was born a ramblin' man | |
| Play “Intro to Solo”; then “Solo” (rhythm plays intro & verse). | |
| [Verse 2] | |
| G C G | |
| I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning | |
| C D | |
| Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee | |
| C G Em C | |
| They're always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord | |
| G D G | |
| Them delta women think the world of me. | |
| [Chorus] | |
| G F G | |
| Lord, I was born a ramblin' man | |
| C D | |
| Trying to make a living and doing the best I can | |
| C G Em C | |
| But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand | |
| G D G | |
| That I was born a ramblin' man | |
| [Outro] | |
| G F G | |
| Lord, I was born a ramblin' man 4x | |
| G F G | |
| Song Intro | |
| G D C C G | |
| Intro to Solo | |
| G D C G | |
| Main Solo | |
| G C G | |
| C | |
| D C | |
| G Em C G | |
| D C G |