by The Allman Brothers
| Intro | G | D | C | C/G |
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| G | C | G |
| My father was a | gambler down in | Georgia |
| C | D | |
| And he wound up on the | wrong end of a | gun |
| C | G | Em | C | |
| And | I was born in the | back seat of a | Greyhound | bus |
| G | D | G |
| Rolling down | highway forty- | one |
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| Guitar | Solo |
| G | C | G |
| I'm on my way to | New Orleans this | morning |
| C | D | |
| Leaving out of | Nashville, Tennes | see |
| C | G | Em | C | |
| They're | always having a | good time down on the | Bayou, | Lord |
| G | D | G | |
| Them | delta women | think the world of | me. |
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| G | F | G |
| Lord, I was | born a ramblin' | man 4x |