Poor Rambler chords by Ralph Stanley
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Verse 1
(C major) Come and gather around me good people
My life I (G major) must reveal
(C major) Tomorrow might have been different
And I know how my (G major) darling ought to (C major) feel
Verse 2
When (C major) I had plenty of money
My friends were all standing around
But when my pocketbook was empty
Not a friend no nearer
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Interlude 1
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(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 3
The (C major) last time I saw my little woman
She had a wine glass (G major) in her (C major) hand
She was drinking down her troubles
With a low down sorry (G major) (C major) man
Verse 4
My daddy (C major) taught me a plenty
My momma she taught (G major) me (C major) more
If I didn't quit my rowdy ways
Interlude 2
I'd have trouble knocking at my door
(C major)
Verse 5
I (C major) wrote my momma a letter
I told her (G major) I was in (C major) jail
She wrote me back in a hurry
Saying honey I'm gonna
come and (G major) throw your (C major) bail
Verse 6
I'm a laying (C major) around in this old jail house
Forty dollars would pay my fine
Corn whiskey done got my body
Pretty women are (G major) troublin'
my (C major) mind
Interlude 3
(C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 7
Give me (C major) cornbread when I'm hungry
Corn whiskey when (G major) I'm (C major) dry
Pretty women may swarming
all around me
Sweet heaven when I die
Verse 8
Go dig (C major) 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
Poor Rambler
Ralph Stanley
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