Nothing In Rambling

Intro: E D A A 


[Verso 1]

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I was born in Louisiana, 
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I was raised in Algiers 
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And everywhere I been, 
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the peoples all say 

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Ain't nothing in rambling 
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either running around 
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Well, I believe I'll marry, 
   D                          A 
oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down 


[Verso 2]

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I first left home, 
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I stopped in Tennessee 
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The peoples all begging, 
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"Come and stay with me" 
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'Cause ain't nothing in rambling, 
                A        A 
either running around 
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Well, I believe I'll marry, 
   D                          A        A 
oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down 


[Verso 3]

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I was walking through the alley 
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with my hand in my coat 
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The police start to shoot me, 
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thought it was something I stole 
                  D                   D 
You know it ain't nothing in rambling, 
                 A           A 
either running around 
      E 
Well, I believe I'll marry, 
  D                            A      A 
oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down 


[Verso 4]
 
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The peoples on the highway 
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is walking and crying 
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Some is starving, 
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some is dying 
                   D                   D 
You know it ain't nothing in rambling, 
                 A        A 
either running around 
      E 
Well, I believe I'll marry, 
   D                          A      A 
oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down 


[Verso 5]

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You may go to Hollywood 
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and try to get on the screen 
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But I'm gonna stay right here 
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and eat these old charity beans 
                 D                   D 
'Cause it ain't nothing in rambling, 
                 A       A 
either running around 
      E 
Well, I believe I'll marry, 
   D                          A       A 
oooo, wooo, Lord, and settle down