Key: D
Introduction:
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Lord, I was born a ramblin' man,
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trying to make a living and doing the best I can.
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An When it's time for leaving, I hope you'll understand,
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that I was born a rambling man.
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Well my father was a gambler down in Georgia
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and he wound up on the wrong end of a gun.
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And I was born in the back seat of a - Greyhound bus,
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rolling down highway forty-one.
(Refrão)
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I'm on my way to New Orleans this morning,
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Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee.
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They're always having a good time down on the Bayou, Lord.
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Them delta women think the world of me.
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Lord I was born a ramblin man (4x)