Chords for Ramblin', Scramblin'

_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, ramblin', scramblin', tryin' to get my mind untangled, but I never seen nothin' in
the whole wide world that'd give me more trouble than tryin' to love a girl.
_ Like most everybody I've had bad [D] luck, you know I've been down and out, didn't have a
buck.
[G] I've been hired and [C] fired and loved and [D] mistrusted.
Three or four women left and
[G] busted.
Took my money, _ _ [C] took my lovin', took _ _
[D] my [G] toothpaste, too.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get [G] my mind untangled, but I never seen nothin' in [Em] the
whole wide world that'd give me more trouble than tryin' to love a girl. _ _
First went [C] ramblin' a few years [D] ago, some fool woman she tried to tell me [G] no.
I had
an old leather bag, it wasn't even [D] mine.
I had a heart full of sorrow and a tangled up
[G] mind.
She done it.
[C] She kept squeezing toothpaste in my [D] ear.
Said I couldn't leave.
Took three
or four steps backwards and gave her [G] a dropkick right in the [C] crotch.
_ [D] _ _ Her eyes lit up and said
oh you're [G] leavin', yeah.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled, but I never seen [C] nothin' in the
whole wide [G] world that'd give me more trouble than tryin' to love a girl.
_ _ _ Yeah I headed for New Orleans, [D] Louisiana, all night drinkin' in jazz [G] piano.
That music
in [C] the air will set your toes a-tappin', but them [D] hustlin' women sent me a packet.
[G] Lickety
split.
I split.
[D] Met a gal down there said she came from way out west.
_ Said she could
[C] roll a cigarette with just one hand.
_ She proved it.
She rolled me with the [G] other.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] Ramblin', scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled, but I never seen nothin' in the
[C#m] whole wide [Em] world that'd give me more trouble than tryin' [G] to love a girl.
_ Yeah I grabbed my [C] bag, I had my hat in my hand, [D] I took the advice to go west young [G] man.
I figured now [C] I'd find a learned lesson [D] me and women weren't messin'.
[G] Met another and
_ _ [C]
she wasn't too good lookin' [D] but, _ George!
[G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ I'm not sayin' she's a big chick or anything,
but [G] one time I did ask her [C] what size bra she [D] wore and she said six and seven eight.
[G] Said
my God, what'd [C] you measure it with?
She [D] said, Studson.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ Yeah [C] ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled, but I never seen [C] nothin' in
the whole wide [G] world that'd give me more trouble than tryin' to love a horse cart ride.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ Yeah, well we [C] got through California, yeah, [D] I figured it's time I headed my way.
[G] She's
talkin' about us and [C] havin' a home and I was [D] talkin' about us and livin' in Uncle [G] Henry's
basement.
She said, what?
_ [C] _ Said she didn't understand.
[D] She proceeded to take three or
four steps [G] backwards and give her a dropkick [C] right in the crotch.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C]
I said, honey, I believe
you can treat [D] women gentle, but first you gotta get their attention.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled, but I never seen [C] nothin' in the
whole wide world [Em] that'd give me more trouble [G] than tryin' to love a girl.
_ _ Yeah, the same
things happened [C] over again.
Every [D] time I meet a woman she tries to pin me in.
[G] I found the
only [C] way to handle a woman is [D] to keep her backpack, keep her [G] movin', steppin' lightly. _ _ _
[C] Eyes forward, _ [D] proud, determined, masculine.
Probably get [C] horny.
_ _ _ [D]
Can't live with them,
you can't live without them.
That's why I write so many of these [G] weird songs, I guess.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled, but I never seen nothin' in the
whole wide [Em] world that'd give me more [G] trouble than tryin' to love a girl. _
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