RAMBLIN' FEVER
(Merle Haggard)


Merle Haggard - 1977 (re-recorded 1993)
Bluegrass Blend - 1979
Cash Backman - 1983
Southern Blend - 1987
Billy Joe Shaver - 1994
David Allan Coe - 1995
Michelle Nixon - 2005
Tanya Tucker - 2009
Willie nelson - 2011
Randy Houser - 2014


My hat don't hang on the same nail too long
My ears can't stand to hear the same old song
And I don't leave the highway long enough to bog down in the mud
I've got ramblin' fever in my blood

I caught this ramblin' fever long ago
When I first heard a lonesome whistle blow
If someone said I ever gave a damn, man, they damn sure told you wrong
I've had ramblin' fever all along

Ramblin' fever
The kind that can't be measured by degrees
Ramblin' fever
 And there ain't no kind of cure for my disease

There's times I'd like to bed down on a sofa
And let some pretty lady rub my back
Spend the early morning drinkin' coffee
And talkin' about when I'd be comin' back

But I don't let no no woman tie me down
And I'll never get too old to get around
I want to die along the highway, rot away like some old highline pole
Rest this ramblin' fever in my soul

Ramblin' fever
The kind that can't be measured by degrees
Ramblin' fever
There ain't no kind of cure for my disease



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)