Key: Ab major
Verse 1
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Words and music by John Kay
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Though I can't show you
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to freedom
Don't let it throw you,
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I know what it's like to roam
I sang 'em a glad song,
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Sang 'em the whole night long
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Just for a dollar or what they
could offer
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To somebody's ramblin' boy
Verse 2
Though the women were kind there was
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nothing to bind me to one
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'Til somebody changed
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my rough and rowdy ways
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Somebody changed my
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ole carousing days
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Oh when I was a young boy
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I learned to survive
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'Til somebody came and stayed
Interlude 1
my sportin' life
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Verse 3
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I worked any dive in town
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In every place I found
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I'll sing you a glad song,
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Sing 'em the whole night long
you can offer
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To somebody's ramblin' boy
Verse 4
Or when the cold and the rain made it
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hard on a man to be free
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'Till somebody changed
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my tough and hungry days
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Somebody changed my rough
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and rowdy ways
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Now I don't really care no more
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'bout nickels and a dime
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The one I love is all I need to help
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me spend my time
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Somebody came and rolled
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Somebody came,
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and she made me feel at home
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Somebody changed my rough
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and rowdy ways
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Somebody changed my ole carousing days
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Oh when I was young boy I learned
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to stay alive
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'Til somebody came and stayed my sportin'
life
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Verse 5
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I'll sing you a glad song,
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Sing 'em the whole night long
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Just for a
dollar
boy
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Verse 6
Outro 1
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