G                           D
Though I can't show you the years of my life
       C                    G
That I spend on the road to freedom
G                         D
Don't let it throw you, I know of your strife
  C                      G
I know what it's like to roam
G                       D
I sang 'em a glad song, played 'em a sad song
C                        G
Sang 'em the whole night long
G                    D
Just for a dollar or what they could offer
   C                   G
To somebody's ramblin' boy

C                                                     G
When the fun was done, I would pack my bags and I was gone
           D                         C                     G
Though the women were kind there was nothing to bind me to one
     C        G          C               G
'Til somebody changed my rough and rowdy ways
C        G          C             G
Somebody changed my ole carousing days
   C            G           C          G
Oh when I was a young boy I learned to survive
     C        G        D                  G
'Til somebody came and stayed my sportin' life

I lived in the barrooms the juke joints and gin mills
I worked any dive in town
Never to proud to pass my hat around
In every place I found
I'll sing you a glad song, play you a sad song
Sing 'em the whole night long
Just for a dollar or what you can offer
To somebody's ramblin' boy