Ramblin' Man (diatonic)

by Allman Brothers Band · posted by gatman

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Chorus:
 6    6  6   -6 -6  6  -5    6
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man,

  6    6   6   6   6    
Tryin' to make a livin' 

 5   -5    6   6   6 -4
and doin' the best I can.

-6   -6  -6    -6  -6   -6 6 
And when it's time for leavin',

5  -6    6    6  6   5    
I hope you'll understand,

  5  5  5   -5  6  5  -4    4
That I was born a ramblin' man.

Verse 1:
 6   6   6  6   6  5 -5  -5   
Well my father was a gambler 

 -6  -6  6   5
down in Georgia,

6    6   6  6   5   -5   -5  6  6 -4
He wound up on the wrong end of a gun.

 6 -6 -6   -6  -6 -6   -6   6   5  5   6  -6    4
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus

 5  5    5    -5  6   5 -4  4
Rollin' down highway forty one.

Chorus:

Verse 2:
 6  6  6   6  5  -5  -5  -6   -6   6  5
I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin',

 6  6    6  5   -5  -5     6  6 -4
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee,

  -6    -6 -6   -6 -6-6  -6   6    -6  6   5  -6 6
They're always having a good time down on the bayou,

 5      5  -5 -5 -5 -5   6    6    5   -4 4
Lord, them Delta women think the world of me.

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