I'm A Ramblin Man Chords

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I'm A Ramblin Man by Waylon Jennings is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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D ---------------1-0-- 
A ---0-1---2---------2- 
E -3------------------- 


C 
I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans, yes I have 
     F                                                     C 
I've played in California, there ain't too much I haven't seen, no there ain't 
            G 
Well, I'm a ramblin' man 
            G7                    C 
Don't fool around with a ramblin' man 

C 
Left a girl in West Virginia up there where that green grass grows, yes I did 
       F                                                 C   
Another girl in Cincinnati waitin' where the Ohio River flows, poor girl 
         G                   G7                         C  
I'm a ramblin' man; Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man 

      
        F 
You'd better move away 
                                 C 
You're standin' too close to the flame 
       F 
Once I mess with your mind 
                               C 
Your little heart won't be the same 
           G 
Well I'm a ramblin' man 
            G7                          C 
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man 


C 
Well, up in Chicago, I was known as quite a boy, yes I was 
F                                         C 
Down in Alabama, they call me the man of joy, still do 
            G 
Well, I'm a ramblin' man 
            G7                    C 
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man 


             F 
You'd better move away 
                                 C 
You're standin' too close to the flame 
       F 
Once I mess with your mind 
                               C 
Your little heart won't be the same 
           G 
Well I'm a ramblin' man 
            G7                          C 
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man 
    	

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