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Ramblin' Waltz

Christine Lavin
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Alone  on the stage,  you're a cowboy  in lights
Charming  the audience, night  after night
 They clap  their hands for  you, they all  wish you well
 They go home  to families,  you go home  to hotels
 Well there's cranky bartenders, old chambermaids
 Young waitresses who might like to get laid
 Some treat you with contempt, and some with respect
 Their faces stay with you, their names you forget
 You're a rambler,  a singer  of songs
 Women don't  understand,  and don't wait  for you long
 Now you gotta  keep moving, travelling on
 The road's  calling you,  and you wish  you were gone
 Well, some call you a rambler, some call you a rogue
 Some think you're a gambler, some think you're a joke
 If I knew you better, I might not agree
 But all I know of you is what I can see
 With guitar in your hand and the light in your eyes
 You come on so strong, you appear to be wise
 When it's all over, you've nothing to so
 But sit in some barroom and down quite a few
 You're a rambler, a singer of songs
 Women don't understand, and don't stay with you for very long
 Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on
 The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone
 Oh you're tired of the East Coast, you long for the West
 Where the sun always shines, and the beer tastes the best
 But you need what you're getting up there on the stage
 And you like making more than a journeyman's wage
 So you're trapped in the music that you do so well
 You're trapped in the comforts of fancy hotels
 It's nothing you've said, I just think I can tell
 If you had your way, you'd be gone
 You're a rambler, a singer of songs
 Women don't understand, and don't love you for long
 Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on
 The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone
 Now you gotta  keep moving, travelling on
  .
 The road's calling you, now you're gone
 TAB:
 The intro uses this picking pattern, and the rest of the song is
 similar, but I can't exactly figure it out.
C
E ------3-----|------3-----|
B 0-----------|-1----------|
G --------0---|--------0---|
D ----0-------|----2-------|
A ------------|3-----------|
E 3-----------|------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

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Readable chord sheet for Ramblin' Waltz by Christine Lavin

[G]  [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]  [C]
A[G]lone on the st[G]age, you're a c[Am]owboy in l[Am]ights
[D]Charming the a[D]udience, [C]night after nigh[G]t
They [G]clap their hands [G]for you, they [Am]all wish you wel[Am]l
They go [D]home to fami[D]lies, you go [C]home to ho[D]tels [D]      [Dsus4]              [D]

Well there's cranky bartenders, old chambermaids
Young waitresses who might like to get laid
Some treat you with contempt, and some with respect
Their faces stay with you, their names you forget

[Am]  You're a r[G]ambler, a [Am]singer of songs[G]
Women [Am]don't underst[G]and, and don't [C]wait for you l[D]ong [D]      [Dsus4]              [D]
Now you [G]gotta keep [G]moving, [Am]travelling [Am]on
The [D]road's calling [D]you, and you [C]wish you were [G]gone[C]    [G]        [C]

Well, some call you a rambler, some call you a rogue
Some think you're a gambler, some think you're a joke
If I knew you better, I might not agree
But all I know of you is what I can see

With guitar in your hand and the light in your eyes
You come on so strong, you appear to be wise
When it's all over, you've nothing to so
But sit in some barroom and down quite a few

You're a rambler, a singer of songs
Women don't understand, and don't stay with you for very long
Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on
The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone

Oh you're tired of the East Coast, you long for the West
Where the sun always shines, and the beer tastes the best
But you need what you're getting up there on the stage
And you like making more than a journeyman's wage

So you're trapped in the music that you do so well
You're trapped in the comforts of fancy hotels
It's nothing you've said, I just think I can tell
If you had your way, you'd be gone

You're a rambler, a singer of songs
Women don't understand, and don't love you for long
Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on
The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone

Now you [G]gotta keep [G]moving, [Am]travelling [Am]on
    [D] [stop]       [C] [stop]        [G]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G].
The road's calling you, now you're gone

TAB:

The intro uses this picking pattern, and the rest of the song is
similar, but I can't exactly figure it out.

  [G]            [C]
E ------3-----|------3-----|
B 0-----------|-1----------|
G --------0---|--------0---|
D ----0-------|----2-------|
A ------------|3-----------|
E 3-----------|------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ .

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