Author: Jim

Ramblin' Man

Jim,

Intro: B F# E EB
Chorus:
B | A | B | B || B | E | F# | F#
E | B | G#m | E || B | F# | B | B
Verse:
B | E | B | B || B | E | F# | F#
E | B | G#m | E || B | F# | B | B

Chorus:
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man,
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can.
And when it's time for leavin',
I hope you'll understand,
That I was born a ramblin' man.

Verses:
My father was a gambler down in Georgia,
And he wound up on the wrong end of a gun.
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rollin' down highway forty-one.

I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin',
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee,
They're always having a good time down on the bayou, Lord
Them Delta women think the world of me.

Outro: B | A | B | B
Lord, I was born a ramblin' man. (4 times)

– Allman Brothers

Please Don't Bury Me

Jim,

—John Prine

Woke up this morning,
put on my slippers,
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling,
when my soul went through the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride

When I got there they did say,
John, it happened this a way,
You slipped upon the floor and hit your head
And all the angels say,
just before you passed away,
These were the very last words that you said:

Chorus:
Please don't bury me
down in the cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have 'em cut me up
and pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
and the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both my ears
if they don't mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box just get 'em out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms look out, I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman and give my love to Rose

Chorus

Give my feet to the footloose, careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy, don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane it's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south and kiss my ass goodbye

Chorus

Verse 1:

I IV I V
I IV V I
IV I I V
I IV – I I – V I

Chorus:

IV IV I I
I I I V
I I IV I
IV I V I

Verses 2 & 3:

I I IV I
I I II V
I I IV I
IV I V I

Blowin' in the Wind

Jim,

How many roads must a man walk down, Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail, Before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly, Before they're forever banned?
Refrain: The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist, Before it's washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist, Before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head, And pretend that he just doesn't see?

Refrain

Yes, and how many times must a man look up, Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have, Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'till he knows, That too many people have died?

Refrain

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind

Bad Moon Rising

Jim,

I see the bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today

Chorus:
Don't go around tonight.
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Chorus

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye

Chorus

Tag: There's a bad moon on the rise

— Creedence Clearwater Revival

At the End

Jim,

—Buzz Busby

At the end of the highway, over any road
At the end of the river the water stops its flow
At the end of the rainbow there's no pot of gold
At the end of a heartbreak there's no one to hold

Chorus:
At the end of the story it all's been told
At the end of the romance there's no one to hold
At the end of our love oh where did it begin
For today you tell me that this is the end

At the end of the road a long lonesome day
There are bright lights and taverns where broken hearts pay
At the end of your lifetime when you've drawn your last breath
At the end in a grave where there's only death

Chorus

¾

Verse:

I IV – I V IV – I
I IV – I V IV – I

Chorus:

IV IV – I I I – V
I IV – I V IV – I

 

Ground Speed

Jim,



She Left Me Standing on the Mountain

Jim,

—Alton Delmore

Darling will you marry me I asked a maiden fair
I turned my back upon her when I looked she wasn't there
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
She left me standing way up there

Where the honeybees are buzzing round the flowers there
That is where she vanished somewhere in that mountain air
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
She left me standing way up there

I just saw the whippoorwill a-talking to a bear
They were both a-laughing 'bout her giving me the air
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
She left me standing way up there

I would give most anything if once more she'd appear
And tell me that she cared a little for this mountaineer
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
She left me standing way up there

Tag: She left me standing way up there

Verse:

I I I I – I7
IV I IV – V I

 

With Body and Soul

Jim,

—Virginia Stauffer & Bill Monroe
See that train come on around the bend
Carrying the one that I love
Her beautiful body is still here on Earth
But her soul has been called above

Refrain:
Body and soul, body and soul
That's how she loved me, with body and soul

Her beautiful hair was as pure as gold
Her eyes were blue as the sea
Her lips were the color of summer's red rose
And she promised she would always love me

Refrain

Tomorrow as the sun sinks low
The shadows will cover her face
Her last sun goes down as she's laid beneath the ground
And my teardrops are falling like rain

Refrain

Tag: That's how she loved me, with body and soul

Verse:

I VII I I
I VII V V
I VII I I
I V I I

Refrain:

I VII I IV
I I V I

 

Summertime

Jim,

—George Gershwin

Intro and Outro:

Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7

Verse:

Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7
Gm7 Dº7 A7 – E7 A7
Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7 Dm6 – A7
F – Dm G – Gm7 A7 – Dm6 I

Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
Yes you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning, there's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by

Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby, baby don't you cry

Don't you cry

Fat Meat and Dumplins

Jim,