SONG: Ramblin' Man
ARTIST: The Allman Brothers Band
NOTE: Guitar One has the Chord diagrams, while Guitar Two has the fingerpicking...The piano has been transcribed for Guitar Two and Bass...Enjoy!
TUNING: Drop the Low E string to a B, nothing else changed
RYTHYM KEY: (lower): means play one octave lower
e: eighth note or chord
q: quarter note or chord
s: sixteenth note or chord
h: half note
h.: dotted half note
q: a chord where the top note is a quarter note, while,
e: the bottom note is an eighth note...
VERSE:Measure 4(Bass)
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, try'n' to make a livin' and
| q h. q. e e e e e q q q q.e e e e e q q q q e e e e e e
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---8----8---0-0--3-5-8-7--5----1-3---8-0-0-3-5-3-----8---5---3---8------------0--0-3----5-8-|
doin' the best I can. And when it's time for leav-in',
| q. e e e e e q e e q q q e e q q q. e e e e e e e e e e
|----------------------------------------------------------------------0--------------|
|------------------0-0----------0----------------------------------0------------------|
|-3------3-------3------2-2-0-2---2-2-0---2------3---------------3--------------------|
|------------5-8-------------------------------------------5-5-8-----------0---0-3-5--|
I hope you'll un -derstand that I was born a ramblin' man.
| e q e e e e q q e e e e q q. e q q q q q q q. e e e e e q q q
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0----------------------------------0----------------------0-2-0----------|
|------------0--0-2-------3-------0-3--------2----3-------2----0-2--------2-2----------------|
|-8--5-----5----------------5-8-8-----8--8----------------------------8-------------8---8---8|
(Verse 1 starts here)
(Verse 2 starts here)
Well, my father was a gambler down in Georgia, and he wound up on the wrong
on my way to New Orleans this Mornin', leavin' out of Nash-
| q q. e e e e e q. e e e q q.e e e e e q q q q q. e e e e e q.
|---------|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------|-----------------------------3----------------------------------------------------|
|-------3-|--------0-0-3-5-8-1---5-5-8-----8-0-0-3-5-3-8---8-5------3----8----0-0-3-5----8-1-|
end of a gun. And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound
ville Tennessee. They're always hav- in' a good down on the bayou.
| e e e q q q q q q q q q q. e e e q q. e e e q h e e e e
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0-----------0-----------------------------------------------------------2-0-|
|----------3--------2-0---2-----2---0-2-----3-----------3-----------------------------2-----|
|----5-5-8----------------------------------------5-5-8--------8----0-0--3--5-5---8---------|
bus rollin' down Highway Forty One. Lord, I was born
Lord, them delta women think world me.
| q. e e e q h h q q q q q. e e e e e q q q q q. e e e e e q
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---------0----------------------2----0-2--------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-5-8-----5-------8-----------------------8---0-0-3-5-3-8-8---3---8--8----0-0--3-5-8-6-|
a ramblin' man, try'n' to make a livin' and doin' the best I
| q q q q.e e e e e q q q q q. e e e e e q. e e e e e q
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-0-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----|
|-5----1-3---8-0-0-3-5-3-8---5---3---5-----8------------0--0-3----5-8-1------5---5-8-------|
can. And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
| q q e e q q q q q. e e e q q. e e e e e q q q q q.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0-0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---0-2-------2---0---2-----3---------------3----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------5-5-8--------8---0-0-3-5-8--5-----5----0--5----1-----|
that I was born a ramblin' man. I'm
| e e e e e q. e q q q q q q | q. e e e e e q q q q
|----------------------------------------| |------------------------------|(To Verse 2)
|----------------------------0-----------| |------------------------------|
|-------0-3--------2----3------2---0-2---| |------------------------------|(1st Ending)
|-5-5-8-----8--8-------------------------| |-8---0-0-3-5-3-8-8---3-----8--|
man.
| q e e e e q q q q q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---0-2-2---------------------|(2nd Ending)
|-8-------3-5-8---8---8---3---|
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.
| q. e e e e e q q q q q.e e e e e q q q q
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|(Repeat 4x while fading out)
|--3----0-0--3-5-8-6--5----1-3---8-0-0-3-5-3-8---8-3-8--|
LYRICS:
CHORUS:
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man, try'n to make a livin' and doin' the best I can.
And when it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand that I was born a ramblin' man.
VERSE ONE:
Well, my father was a gambler down in Georgia, and he wound up on the wrong end of a gun.
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus rollin' down Highway Forty One.
(CHORUS)
VERSE TWO:
I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin', leavin' out of Nashville, Tennessee.
They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou.
Lord them delta women think the world of me.
(CHORUS)
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man.(Fade Out)
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