Ramblin' Man

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C 
Been down through Mississippi,  
Down through New Orleans. 
       F 
Played out in California,  
                               C 
There ain't too much I haven't seen. 
      G                                               C 
I'm a ramblin' man, don't fool around with a ramblin' man. 
  
C 
Met a girl in West Virginia,  
Up where the green grass grows, yes I did. 
      F 
Got a girl in Cincinatti, 
                              C 
Waiting where that Ohio river flows. 
      G                                                 C 
I'm a ramblin' man, don't give your heart to a ramblin' man. 
  
             F 
You'd better move away, 
                                 C 
You're standing too close to the flame. 
       F 
Once I mess with your mind, 
                               C 
Your little heart won't be the same. 
      G                                               C 
I'm a ramblin' man, don't mess around with a ramblin' man. 
  
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INSTRUMENTAL 

Well up in Chicago,   
I was known as quite a boy, I still am too. 
F 
Down in Alabama, 
                        C 
They call me the man of joy, yes they do. 
      G                                                C 
I'm a ramblin' man, don't fall in love with a ramblin' man. 
  
             F 
You'd better move away, 
                                 C 
You're standing too close to the flame. 
       F 
Once I mess with your mind, 
                               C 
Your little heart won't be the same. 
      G                                               C 
I'm a ramblin' man, don't mess around with a ramblin' man. 
      G                                               C 
I'm a ramblin' man, don't mess around with a ramblin' man.

Capo 3 

      Am 
I can settle down and be doin' just fine 
      E                                      Am 
Until I hear an old freight rollin' down the line 
       Am 
Then I hurry on home and pack 
         E                                Am 
And if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack 
  Am  
I love you babe, but you gotta understand 
         E                                Am 
When the Lord made me, he made a ramblin' man 
 
Some folks might say that I'm no good 
That I wouldn't settle down if I could 
But when that open road starts to callin' me 
There's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see 
I know it's hard but you gotta understand 
When the Lord made me, He made a ramblin' man 
 
Acoustic solo 

I love to watch the towns passin' by 
And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky 
Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea 
'Cause I believe that's the life that's meant for me 
And when I'm dead and gone and at my grave you stand 
Just say God's called home your ramblin' man