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Capo on 5 for correct key = E
Intro =  C   G  C  
Verse 1
CI've been over Snowdon, I've slept upon Crowdon
I've camped by the Waynestones as Gwell
I've sunbathed on Kinder, been burned to a cinder
And many more things I can Ctell
My rucksack has oft been me Gpillow
The heather has oft been me Cbed
And sooner than part from the Gmountains
I think I would rather be Cdead
Chorus     
CI'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from GManchester way
I get all me pleasure the Chard moorland way
I may be a wage slave on GMonday
But I am a free man on CSunday
Verse 2
CThe day was just ending and I was descending
Down Grinesbrook just by Upper GTor
When a voice cried "Hey you" in the way keepers do
He'd the worst face that ever I Csaw
The things that he said were unGpleasant
In the teeth of his fury I Csaid
"Sooner than part from the Gmountains
I think I would rather be Cdead"
Chorus     
CI'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from GManchester way
I get all me pleasure the Chard moorland way
I may be a wage slave on GMonday
But I am a free man on CSunday
Verse 3
CHe called me a louse and said "Think of the grouse"
Well i thought, but I still couldn't Gsee
Why all Kinder Scout and the moors roundabout
Couldn't take both the poor grouse and Cme
He said "All this land is my Gmaster's"
At that I stood shaking my Chead
No man has the right to own Gmountains
Any more than the deep ocean Cbed 
Chorus    
CI'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from GManchester way
I get all me pleasure the Chard moorland way
I may be a wage slave on GMonday
But I am a free man on CSunday
Verse 3
CI once loved a maid, a spot welder by trade
She was fair as the Rowan in Gbloom
And the bloom of her eye watched the blue moorland sky
I wooed her from April to CJune
On the day that we should have been Gmarried
I went for a ramble inCstead
For sooner than part from the Gmountains
I think I would rather be Cdead
Chorus     
CI'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from GManchester way
I get all me pleasure the Chard moorland way
I may be a wage slave on GMonday
But I am a free man on CSunday
Verse 4
CSo I'll walk where I will over mountain and hill
And I'll lie where the bracken is Gdeep
I belong to the mountains, the clear running fountains
Where the grey rocks lie ragged and Csteep
I've seen the white hare in the Ggullys
And the curlew fly high overChead
And sooner than part from the Gmountains
I think I would rather be Cdead
Chorus     
CI'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from GManchester way
I get all me pleasure the Chard moorland way
I may be a wage slave on GMonday
But I am a free man on CSunday

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The Manchester Rambler

by The Dubliners

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo on 5 for correct key = E

C G C

Intro =

Verse 1

I've been over Snowdon, I've slept upon Crowdon

I've camped by the Waynestones as well

I've sunbathed on Kinder, been burned to a cinder

And many more things I can tell

My rucksack has oft been me pillow

The heather has oft been me bed

And sooner than part from the mountains

I think I would rather be dead

Chorus

C G

I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from Manchester way

I get all me pleasure the hard moorland way

I may be a wage slave on Monday

But I am a free man on Sunday

Verse 2

The day was just ending and I was descending

Down Grinesbrook just by Upper Tor

When a voice cried "Hey you" in the way keepers do

He'd the worst face that ever I saw

The things that he said were unpleasant

In the teeth of his fury I said

"Sooner than part from the mountains

I think I would rather be dead"

Chorus

C G

I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from Manchester way

I get all me pleasure the hard moorland way

I may be a wage slave on Monday

But I am a free man on Sunday

Verse 3

He called me a louse and said "Think of the grouse"

Well i thought, but I still couldn't see

Why all Kinder Scout and the moors roundabout

Couldn't take both the poor grouse and me

He said "All this land is my master's"

At that I stood shaking my head

No man has the right to own mountains

Any more than the deep ocean bed

Chorus

C G

I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from Manchester way

I get all me pleasure the hard moorland way

I may be a wage slave on Monday

But I am a free man on Sunday

Verse 3

I once loved a maid, a spot welder by trade

She was fair as the Rowan in bloom

And the bloom of her eye watched the blue moorland sky

I wooed her from April to June

On the day that we should have been married

I went for a ramble instead

For sooner than part from the mountains

I think I would rather be dead

Chorus

C G

I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from Manchester way

I get all me pleasure the hard moorland way

I may be a wage slave on Monday

But I am a free man on Sunday

Verse 4

So I'll walk where I will over mountain and hill

And I'll lie where the bracken is deep

I belong to the mountains, the clear running fountains

Where the grey rocks lie ragged and steep

I've seen the white hare in the gullys

And the curlew fly high overhead

And sooner than part from the mountains

I think I would rather be dead

Chorus

C G

I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler from Manchester way

I get all me pleasure the hard moorland way

I may be a wage slave on Monday

But I am a free man on Sunday

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