D ---------------1-0-- A ---0-1---2---------2- E -3------------------- I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans, yes I have I've played in California, there ain't too much I haven't seen, no there ain't Well, I'm a ramblin' man Don't fool around with a ramblin' man Left a girl in West Virginia up there where that green grass grows, yes I did Another girl in Cincinnati waitin' where the Ohio River flows, poor girl I'm a ramblin' man; Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man You'd better move away You're standin' too close to the flame Once I mess with your mind Your little heart won't be the same Well I'm a ramblin' man Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man Well, up in Chicago, I was known as quite a boy, yes I was Down in Alabama, they call me the man of joy, still do Well, I'm a ramblin' man Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man You'd better move away You're standin' too close to the flame Once I mess with your mind Your little heart won't be the same Well I'm a ramblin' man Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man