RAMBLIN' MAN
(Hank Williams)


Hank Williams - 1951
Slim Dorsey & The Ranch Hands - 1954
Michael Holliday - 1957
Ronnie Hawkins - 1960
Del Shannon - 1964
Greenhorns - 1971 (Czech title "Posledn� Den")
Steve Young - 1975
Boxcar Willie - 1979
Hank Williams Jr. - 1981
Kieran Kane - 1995

Also recorded by:
Johnny Legend; The Residents; Buddy Cagle; The Hackensaw Boys;
Robin & Linda Williams; The Rimshots ...... and many others.


I could settle down and be doin' fine
When I hear that freight rollin' down the line
Then I hurry straight home and pack
'Cause if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you baby, but you've gotta understand
When the Lord made me, He made a ramblin' man

Some folks might say that I'm no good
And that I wouldn't settle down if I could
But when that open road starts callin' me
There's somethin' over the hill that I've gotta see
Sometimes it's hard, but you've gotta understand
When the Lord made me, He made a ramblin' man

(Instrumental Break)

I love to see the towns passin' by
And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky
Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea
'Cause I believe that's the life that He meant for me
And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand
Just say God's called home your ramblin' man



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)