{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1814060,"song":"The Rambler","artist":"Black Stone Cherry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11400163-the-rambler-chords-by-black-stone-cherry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1814060?type=chord","rating":4.9939,"votes":68,"content":"Tuning: Standard\r\nCapo: 9th Fret\r\n\r\nI may have labelled a few chords incorrectly due to a lot of guess work, so these are what certain \"unusual\" \r\nchords are as I've worked them out, apologies if they're completely wrong!\r\n\r\n[ch]C6/9[/ch]  - x30210\r\n[ch]Am7/G[/ch] - 302010\r\n[ch]C/B[/ch]   - x20010\r\n\r\nThroughout the intro/verse and wherever else appropriate there is a riff of sorts played into the chord \r\nprogression of C and C6/9. The riff is simply hammering on the second fret to form the chord, and is as such:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C6/9[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|-0---------0---0-0-|-0----------0--------0-----0-|\r\nB|-1---------1---1-1-|-1----------1--------1-----1-|\r\nG|-0---------0---0-0-|-0-h-2--0---0--------0---0---|\r\nD|-0-h-2-----2---2-2-|-0----------0-h-2----2---2---|\r\nA|-3---------3---3-3-|-3----------3--------3---3---|\r\nE|-------------------|-----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]C6/9[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    You were born in a southern fall,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]C6/9[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    It might've been Sunday but I can't recall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]C6/9[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    All the birthdays I must have missed[/tab]\r\nAm                          C[Fill 1]  Fm\r\n    Your first steps and your first kiss\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]C6/9[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    I don't even know if you know my name[/tab]\r\n                    Am             G[bass]         C[Fill 1}   Fm\r\n    But you should hear the truth before it's too late\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    So I hope this finds you, on some highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Cause I'm a long time rambler, I call the road my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Forgive my indiscretion, it's the only way I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n    A million miles from Kentucky, but I will always be around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C6/9[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    So turn the radio up when your heart breaks down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]C6/9[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    I've played for tips and I've played for less[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C6/9[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    I played a pretty southern girl right out of her dress[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C6/9[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    She danced until the lights came on[/tab]\r\n                   Am                           G       C[Fill 1]   Fm\r\n    But there's a reason she's here instead of being at home\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]C6/9[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    She said \"the songs you sing make the whole room cry\"[/tab]\r\n             Am             G           C[Fill 1]   Fm \r\n    And that night I told a young man's lie\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    When I said I would call her, and I said I'll write[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Cause I'm a long time rambler, I call the road my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Forgive my indiscretion, it's the only way I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n    A million miles from Kentucky, but I will always be around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C6/9[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    So turn the radio up when your heart breaks down[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C6/9[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n    Turn the radio up when your heart breaks down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Am/G[/ch]              [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\n    I'm sorry for the tears I made you cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n    I'm sorry for the promises that turned to lies\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Am/G[/ch]               [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\n    If I could turn back the hands of time[/tab]\r\n\r\n    I'd take it back and try, try, try\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Dsus[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C6/9[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    To make you understand, that this is who I am[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C6/9[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    I met the devil in an old motel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]C6/9[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    It seems I ain't got much of a soul to sell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]C6/9[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    My glass is empty, my hands are blue[/tab]\r\n         Am               G         C[Fill 1]  Fm\r\n    And the doctor gave me 'bout a month or two\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]C6/9[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Well I thought I would make it to you this year[/tab]\r\n           Am               G       C[Fill 1]  Fm\r\n    So forgive me one last time my dear\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    And tell your mother, I won't be coming home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Cause I'm a long time rambler, I call the road my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Forgive my indiscretion, it's the only way I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n    A million miles from Kentucky, but I will always be around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C6/9[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    So turn the radio up when your heart breaks down[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C6/9[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Turn the radio up when your heart breaks down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[FILL 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------1-|\r\nB|-------------1------1-|\r\nG|-------0-h-2-----2--1-|\r\nD|-2-h-3--------------3-|\r\nA|-3------------------3-|\r\nE|--------------------1-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard\nCapo: 9th Fret\n\nI may have labelled a few chords incorrectly due to a lot of guess work, so these are what certain \"unusual\" \nchords are as I've worked them out, apologies if they're completely wrong!\n\nC6/9  - x30210\nAm7/G - 302010\nC/B   - x20010\n\nThroughout the intro/verse and wherever else appropriate there is a riff of sorts played into the chord \nprogression of C and C6/9. The riff is simply hammering on the second fret to form the chord, and is as such:\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\nAm                          C[Fill 1]  Fm\n    Your first steps and your first kiss\n\n                    Am             G[bass]         C[Fill 1}   Fm\n    But you should hear the truth before it's too late\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n                   Am                           G       C[Fill 1]   Fm\n    But there's a reason she's here instead of being at home\n\n             Am             G           C[Fill 1]   Fm \n    And that night I told a young man's lie\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n    I'm sorry for the promises that turned to lies\n\n\n    I'd take it back and try, try, try\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n         Am               G         C[Fill 1]  Fm\n    And the doctor gave me 'bout a month or two\n\n           Am               G       C[Fill 1]  Fm\n    So forgive me one last time my dear\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[FILL 1]\n\n\n\n\n| h  Hammer-on","chords":["C6/9","Am7/G","C/B","C","C6","B","G","D","A","E","Am","Fm","F","Am/G","Dsus"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}