Rake And Rambling Boy chords by Whitetop Mountain Band

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Intro 1

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I was raised
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a rape and a ramblin' boy
Too many a shore there I've been
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City I made my way
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And I lost my money in a gambling way
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It was there that I married me a loving wife
And I loved her as dear as I loved my
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life I dressed her up in silk so gay
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And she taught me to walk on the
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broad highway
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I bought my ticket in
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Motel
And on that train I sat down
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The whistle blew, and the train rolled on
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In about five days, I  landed home
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I robbed that train, I do declare
I robbed it on
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Square
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I robbed it of 10 ,000 pounds,
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but not when I  was ramblin' round.
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And now I am compelled to die
For me, my true love will weep and cry
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Her tears so sweet, and her tears so free
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But they won't save me
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from the gallows tree
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Now when I'm dead, oh, bury me too
Place a marble stone at my head and feet
And on my grave placed
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the wings of a dove
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To prove to the world that I
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died for love
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Hmmmm.
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Hmmmmm.
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Hmmmmm.