Strumming Pattern :
Theme –
Chorus
G…………… F………………… G…………………………………..
Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man, trying to make a living and
C…………………..D…………..
doing the best I can.
G ……………………..Em………. C……………………..
When it’s time for leaving, I hope you’ll understand, that
G………D………………….G
I was born a ramblin’ man.
Verse
My father was a gambler down in Georgia. He wound up on the wrong end of a gun.
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus, rolling down highway forty-one.
Chorus
I’m on my way to New Orleans this morning, Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee. They’re always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord. Them Delta women thing the world of me.