"Rambin' On My Mind" by Lucinda Williams
From the album "Ramblin' On My Mind"/"Ramblin'" (1978)
Written by Robert Johnson
Tabbed by CJWilky
The song is picked rather than played in strict chords, so there's a degree of flexibility in how you play,
even straight E A B7 will get you through it sweetly.
That said, at the end of the lines, the E7 is usually played as 020100 then to 020130,
and the A7 of 0002020 often has a G added on the top E ie 002023
Comments and suggestions very welcome :)
Standard tuning
No capo
[Intro]
E7 A7 E7 A7
E7 B7 A7 E7
[Verse 1]
E7 A7 E7
I got ramblin', I got ramblin' on my mind
A7 E7
Little boy, little boy, I got ramblin' on my mind
B7 A7 E7
I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind
[Verse 2]
A7 E7
I got mean things, I got mean things on my mind
A7 E7
I got mean things, I got mean things on my mind
B7 A7 E7
I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind
[Verse 3]
A7 E7
I'm gonna pack up my bags, I'ma leave in the morning train
A7 E7
I'm gonna pack up my bags, I'ma leave in the morning train
B7 A7 E7
I hate to hear it, baby, when you call me so and so's name
[Verse 4]
A7 E7
I'm goin' down to the station, catch the fastest mail train I see
A7 E7
I'm goin' down to the station, catch the fastest mail train I see
B7 A7 E7
I got the blues for Mister so and so, he ain't got the blues about me
[Bridge]
E7
Well there's one thing, baby, makes me begin to dream
A7 E7
The way you treat me, baby, now I begin to think; ramblin' on my mind
B7 A7 E7
I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind
[Break]
E7 A7 E7 A7
E7 B7 A7 E7
[Verse 5]
A7 E7
I got ramblin', I got ramblin' on my mind
A7 E7
I got ramblin', ooooh, I got ramblin' on my mind
B7 A7 E7 E9
I hate to leave you, baby, but you treat me so unkind