The Rambler

Am7/G - 302010
C/B   - x20010

Throughout the intro/verse and 
wherever else appropriate there is a
 riff of sorts played into the chord
progression of C and C6/9. The riff 
is simply hammering on the second 
fret to form the chord, and is as 
such:

   C                   C6/9        
E|-0---------0---0-0-|-0----------
B|-1---------1---1-1-|-1----------
G|-0---------0---0-0-|-0-h-2--0---
D|-0-h-2-----2---2-2-|-0----------
A|-3---------3---3-3-|-3----------
E|-------------------|------------
   C
E|0--------0-----0-| 
B|1--------1-----1-| 
G|0--------0---0---| 
D|0-h-2----2---2---| 
A|3--------3---3---| 
E|-----------------| 


[Verse 1]

C                     C6/9   
    You were born in a southern 
    C
fall,
C                                 
    It might've been Sunday but I 
C6/9       C
can't recall
C                       C6/9     
    All the birthdays I must have
   C
 missed
Am                          C[Fill 
1]  Fm
    Your first steps and your first 
kiss
C                            C6/9
    I don't even know if you know
      C
 my name
                    Am             
G[bass]         C[Fill 1}   Fm
    But you should hear the truth 
before it's too late


[Chorus 1]

                    C           
    So I hope this finds you, on 
          G
some highway
F                          C      
    Cause I'm a long time rambler,
F                  C
 I call the road my home
F                    C           
    Forgive my indiscretion, it's
      G
 the only way I know
F                            C   
    A million miles from 
             Am     G     C 
Kentucky, but I will always be 
    Fm
around
                 C                 
    So turn the radio up when your 
 C6/9          C
heart breaks down


[Verse 2]

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          C                      
    I've played for tips and I've 
  C6/9         C
played for less
                C                  
    I played a pretty southern girl
        C6/9         C
 right out of her dress
        C                 C6/9    
    She danced until the lights 
      C
came on
                   Am               
            G       C[Fill 1]   Fm
    But there's a reason she's here 
instead of being at home
                   C            
    She said "the songs you sing 
           C6/9         C
make the whole room cry"
             Am             G       
    C[Fill 1]   Fm
    And that night I told a young 
man's lie


[Chorus 2]

                         C       
    When I said I would call her, 
                  G
and I said I'll write
F                          C      
    Cause I'm a long time rambler,
F                  C
 I call the road my home
F                    C           
    Forgive my indiscretion, it's
      G
 the only way I know
F                            C   
    A million miles from 
             Am     G     C 
Kentucky, but I will always be 
    Fm
around
                 C                 
    So turn the radio up when your 
 C6/9          C
heart breaks down
              C                
    Turn the radio up when your 
  C6/9           C       C/B
heart breaks down


[Bridge]

Am                    Am/G       
    I'm sorry for the tears I 
       Dsus
made you cry

    I'm sorry for the promises that 
turned to lies
Am                  Am/G         
    If I could turn back the 
      Dsus
hands of time

    I'd take it back and try, try, 
try
       Am                       
    To make you understand, that 
  Dsus               C    C6/9  C
this is who I am


[Verse 3]

C                         C6/9     C
    I met the devil in an old motel
C                                  
    It seems I ain't got much of a 
C6/9       C
soul to sell
C                          C6/9  
    My glass is empty, my hands 
     C
are blue
         Am               G         
C[Fill 1]  Fm
    And the doctor gave me 'bout a 
month or two
            C                      
    Well I thought I would make it 
   C6/9        C
to you this year
           Am               G       
C[Fill 1]  Fm
    So forgive me one last time my 
dear


[Chorus 3]

                  C                
    And tell your mother, I won't 
          G
be coming home
F                          C      
    Cause I'm a long time rambler,
F                  C
 I call the road my home
F                    C           
    Forgive my indiscretion, it's
      G
 the only way I know
F                            C   
    A million miles from 
             Am     G     C 
Kentucky, but I will always be 
    Fm
around
                 C                 
    So turn the radio up when your 
 C6/9          C
heart breaks down
              C                
    Turn the radio up when your 
  C6/9           C
heart breaks down


[FILL 1]

   C                  Fm
E|--------------------1-| 
B|-------------1------1-| 
G|-------0-h-2-----2--1-| 
D|-2-h-3--------------3-| 
A|-3------------------3-| 
E|--------------------1-|