RAMBLIN' MAN
Allman Brothers

CAPO: 1st fret (key of G#, played as G)

INTRO:   G     D     C     C/G

CHORUS:
G           F               G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            C                D
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
    C                  G          Em               C
But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
G          D               G
That I was born a ramblin' man

VERSE 1:
   G            C               G
My father was a gambler down in Georgia
                       C              D
And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun
    C                 G             Em         C
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
G            D             G
Rolling down highway forty-one

CHORUS:
G           F               G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            C                D
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
    C                  G          Em               C
But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
G          D               G
That I was born a ramblin' man

SOLO:   INTRO + VERSE chords

VERSE 2:
G                C                G
I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning
               C                D
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee
        C               G                     Em     C
They're always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord
     G           D                  G
Them delta women think the world of me.

CHORUS:
G           F               G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
                            C                D
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can
    C                  G          Em               C
But when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
G          D               G
That I was born a ramblin' man

OUTRO:
G           F               G
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man   (x4)

SOLO:   G   F   G   (repeat and fade)