Chords for Ramblin', Scramblin' - Jerry Jeff Walker

_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I've been _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] hired and fired and loved and [D] mistrusted.
Three or four women left me [G] busted, took my money, _ _ took my [C] lovin', took my _ [D] _ _
toothpaste, too.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] Ramblin', scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled.
But I never seen nothin' [C#] in the whole wide world to give me [G] more trouble than tryin' to love a girl.
_ _ _ First went [C] ramblin' two years ago, some fool woman she tried to tell me no.
I [G] had an old leather [C] bag, it wasn't even mine.
[D] 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 a [G] dropkick right in the crotch.
_ [D] _ _ Her eyes lit up and said, oh you're leavin', yeah.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my mind [G] untangled.
But I never seen nothin' in the whole wide [G] world to give me more trouble than tryin' to love a girl. _ _ _
_ Yeah, I headed for [C] New Orleans, Louisiana, [D] all night drinkin' in Jaspiana.
That music in the [C] air said your toes are taffin', 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 [G] out west.
_ [C] Said she could roll a cigarette with just one hand.
[D] She proved it, she rolled me with the [G] other. _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled.
But I never seen nothin' in the whole wide [Em] world to give me more trouble than [G] tryin' to love a girl.
_ _ Yeah, I grabbed my bag, [C] I had my hat in my hand.
[D] I took the advice to go west, young [G] man.
I figured now I'd find a learnin' lesson me [D] and women weren't messin'.
Met [G] another, _ _ _
_ [C] wasn't too good lookin', but_
[D] _ _
Junks!
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ I'm not sayin' she's a big chick or anything.
[G] One time I did ask her what size bra she [D] wore.
She said six or seven eight.
[G] Said, my God, what'd you [C] measure it with?
She [D] said, _ Stuttson. [G] Woo!
_ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Yeah, [C] ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled.
But I never seen nothin' in the [C#] whole wide world to give me more trouble than tryin' to love a horse cart ridin'. _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ Yeah, well, we got to California.
[D] Yeah, I figured it's time I headed my [G] way.
She's talkin' about us and [C] havin' a home.
And I was [D] talkin' about us and livin' in Uncle Henry's [G] basement.
She said what?
_ _ [C] Said she didn't understand.
_ [D] She said she'd take three or four steps backwards and give her a dropkick right in the crotch.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C]
I said, honey, I believe in treatin' [D] women gentle, but_
First you gotta get [G] their attention.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] Ramblin', [D] scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled.
But I never seen nothin' in [D] the whole wide world to [F#] give me more trouble than [G] tryin' to love a girl.
_ _ Yeah, the same thing's [C] happened over again.
[D] Every time I meet a woman she tries to pin me in.
[G] Found the only way [C] to handle a woman's keep [D] your backpack keep movin' steppin' [G] lightly.
_ _ _ [C] _ Eyes forward, [D]
proud, determined, masculine.
She'll probably get horny.
[G] _ _ _ [D] Can't live with them, you can't live without them.
That's why I write so many of these weird [G] songs, I guess.
[C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C]
Ramblin', scramblin', tryin' to get my [G] mind untangled.
But I never seen nothin' in the [C#] whole wide world to give me more [G] trouble than tryin' to love a girl. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _