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[Intro]
| Ab | Eb | Db | Ab |
[Chorus]
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Ab Db Eb
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
Db Ab
And when it's time for leavin',
Fm Db
I hope you'll understand
Ab Eb Ab
That I was born a ramblin' man
[Verse 1]
Ab Db Ab
Well my father was a gambler down in Georgia
Ab Db Eb
And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun
Db Ab Fm Db
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Ab Eb Ab
Rollin' down Highway Fourty One
[Chorus]
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Ab Db Eb
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
Db Ab
And when it's time for leavin',
Fm Db
I hope you'll understand
Ab Eb Ab Eb
That I was born a ramblin' man
[Interlude]
| Ab | Eb | Db | Ab |
[Solo 1]
| Ab | Db | Ab | - |
| Ab | Db | Eb | - |
| Db | Ab | Fm | Db |
| Ab | Eb | Ab | - |
[Verse 2]
Ab Db Ab
I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin'
Ab Db Eb
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee
Db Ab Fm
They're always having a good time down on the bayou
Lord,
Db Ab Eb Ab
and Delta women think the world of me
[Chorus]
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Ab Db Eb
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
Db Ab
And when it's time for leavin',
Fm Db
I hope you'll understand
Ab Eb Ab
That I was born a ramblin' man
[Chorus 2]
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Ab Gb Db Ab
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
[Interlude]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Interlude 2]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Solo 2]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Solo 3]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Solo 4]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Solo 5]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Solo 6/Outro]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
[Fade Out]
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - |
| Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - |
[Intro] | Ab | Eb | Db | Ab | [Chorus] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Db - | Eb - | - - | | Db - | Ab - | Fm - | Db - | | Ab - | Eb - | Ab - | - - | Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand That I was born a ramblin' man [Verse 1] | Ab | Db | Ab | - | | Ab | Db | Eb | - | | Db | Ab | Fm | Db | | Ab | Eb | Ab | - | Well my father was a gambler down in Georgia And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus Rollin' down Highway Fourty One [Chorus] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Db - | Eb - | - - | | Db - | Ab - | Fm - | Db - | | Ab - | Eb - | Ab - | Eb - | Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand That I was born a ramblin' man [Interlude] | Ab | Eb | Db | Ab | [Solo 1] | Ab | Db | Ab | - | | Ab | Db | Eb | - | | Db | Ab | Fm | Db | | Ab | Eb | Ab | - | [Verse 2] | Ab | Db | Ab | - | | Ab | Db | Eb | - | | Db | Ab | Fm | Db | | Ab | Eb | Ab | - | I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin' Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee They're always having a good time down on the bayou Lord, and Delta women think the world of me [Chorus] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Db - | Eb - | - - | | Db - | Ab - | Fm - | Db - | | Ab - | Eb - | Ab - | - - | Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand That I was born a ramblin' man [Chorus 2] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man Lord, I was born a ramblin' man [Interlude] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Interlude 2] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Solo 2] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Solo 3] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Solo 4] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Solo 5] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Solo 6/Outro] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | [Fade Out] | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - | - - | | Ab - | Gb Db | Ab - |
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