Poor Rambler Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Come and gather around me good people
My life I [G]must reveal
[C]Tomorrow might have been different
And I know how my [G]darling ought to [C]feel

[Verse 2]
When [C]I had plenty of money
My friends were all standing around
But when my pocketbook was empty
Not a friend no nearer

[Interlude 1]
could be found
[C][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
The [C]last time I saw my little woman
She had a wine glass [G]in her [C]hand
She was drinking down her troubles
With a low down [G]sorry [C]man

[Verse 4]
My daddy [C]taught me a plenty
My momma she taught [G]me [C]more
If I didn't quit my rowdy ways

[Interlude 2]
I'd have trouble knocking at my door
[C]

[Verse 5]
I [C]wrote my momma a letter
I told her [G]I was in [C]jail
She wrote me back in a hurry
Saying honey I'm gonna
come and [G]throw your [C]bail

[Verse 6]
I'm a laying [C]around in this old jail house
Forty dollars would pay my fine
Corn whiskey done got my body
Pretty women are [G]troublin'
my [C]mind

[Interlude 3]
[C][G][C]

[Verse 7]
Give me [C]cornbread when I'm hungry
Corn whiskey when [G]I'm [C]dry
Pretty women may swarming
all around me
Sweet heaven when I die

[Verse 8]
Go dig [C]a hole in the meadow
Go dig a hole in the ground
Come gather around me good people
And watch this poor rambler go down