Originally in G#, I play in E, highest note that matters is the b7
E | B | A | A | E |
→ |
E | D | E |
Lord, I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
E | A | B |
Trying to make a living and | doing the best I | can |
A | E | C#m | A | |
But | when it’s time for | leavin’, I | hope you’ll under | stand |
E | B | E |
That I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
E | A | E |
My father was a | gambler down in | Georgia |
E | A | B | |
And he w | ound up on the | wrong end of a | gun |
A | E | C#m | A | |
And | I was born in the | back seat of a | Greyhound | bus |
E | B | E |
Rolling down | highway forty- | one |
E | D | E |
Lord, I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
E | A | B |
Trying to make a living and | doing the best I | can |
A | E | C#m | A | |
But | when it’s time for | leavin’, I | hope you’ll under | stand |
E | B | E |
That I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
Hard stop
B |
Let ring
E | B | A | E |
Solo on chorus chords if appropriate
E | D | E | B |
E | A | B | B |
A | E | C#m | A |
E | B | E | E |
E | A | E | |
I’m o | n my way to | New Orleans this | morning |
A | B | |
Leaving out of | Nashville, Tennes | see |
A | E | C#m | A | |
They’re | always having a | good time down on the | Bayou, | Lord |
E | B | E | |
Them | delta women | think the world of | me |
E | D | E |
Lord, I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
E | A | B |
Trying to make a living and | doing the best I | can |
A | E | C#m | A | |
But | when it’s time for | leavin’, I | hope you’ll under | stand |
E | B | E |
That I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
E | D | E |
Lord, I was | born a ramblin’ | man |
E | D | E |
Lord, I was | born a ramblin’ | man |