#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: /l/Lavin.Christine/RamblingWaltz.tab RAMBLING WALTZ (Christine Lavin) -------------------------------- [Actually in Bb; capo 3.] [Each chord is one 3/4 measure.] [* after an Am means it has a hammer-on from 0 to 1 on the B string.] [* after a D means it has a hammer-on from 0 to 2 on the E string.] G C G C G C G C [intro] G G Am Am* Alone on the stage, you're a cowboy in lights D D* C G Charming the audience, night after night G G Am Am* They clap their hands for you, they all wish you well D D* C D D* Dsus4 D They go home to families, you go home to hotels Well there's cranky bartenders, old chambermaids Young waitresses who might like to get laid Some treat you with contempt, and some with respect Their faces stay with you, their names you forget Am G Am G You're a rambler, a singer of songs Am G C D D* Dsus4 D Women don't understand, and don't wait for you long G G Am Am* Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on D D* C G C G C The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone Well, some call you a rambler, some call you a rogue Some think you're a gambler, some think you're a joke If I knew you better, I might not agree But all I know of you is what I can see With guitar in your hand and the light in your eyes You come on so strong, you appear to be wise When it's all over, you've nothing to so But sit in some barroom and down quite a few You're a rambler, a singer of songs Women don't understand, and don't stay with you for very long Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone Oh you're tired of the East Coast, you long for the West Where the sun always shines, and the beer tastes the best But you need what you're getting up there on the stage And you like making more than a journeyman's wage So you're trapped in the music that you do so well You're trapped in the comforts of fancy hotels It's nothing you've said, I just think I can tell If you had your way, you'd be gone You're a rambler, a singer of songs Women don't understand, and don't love you for long Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on The road's calling you, and you wish you were gone G G Am Am* Now you gotta keep moving, travelling on D [stop] C [stop] G C G C G C G. The road's calling you, now you're gone TAB: The intro uses this picking pattern, and the rest of the song is similar, but I can't exactly figure it out. G C E ------3-----|------3-----| B 0-----------|-1----------| G --------0---|--------0---| D ----0-------|----2-------| A ------------|3-----------| E 3-----------|------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
