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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rambling Gambling Willie – Bob Dylan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Open E + capo 7th fret Bob Dylan Rambling Gambling Willie (1962) (Dylan) Recorded April 24, 1962 for "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" but along with three others later replaced with Dylan's newer compositions. Several versions can be found on the net; this one is from: "The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991" The song is played using Open E tuning and a capo on the 7th fret. If you don’t want to retune the guitar, I added voicings for standard tuning that work quite well. There’s one chord in the chorus section I’m not quite sure of – sounds good if played, but might not be there at all. I put this F/C in square bracket as an option. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Open E (E-B-E-G#-B-e) capo: 7th fret (C-G-C-E-G-c) key: C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS C-G-C-E-G-c E-A-D-G-B-E C 0-0-0-0-0-0 x-3-2-0-1-3 F/C 0-2-0-1-0-0 (actually Fadd9/C) x-3-x-2-1-3 G/C 0-4-0-3-0-0 (actually Gadd11/C) x-3-x-0-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | [Verse 1]
Come aCround you rovin’ gamblers and a F/Cstory I will Ctell ACbout the F/Cgreatest Cgambler, you F/Call should know him Cwell His Cname was F/CWillie O’CConley and he F/Cgambled all his Clife He had F/Ctwenty-seven children, yet he G/Cnever had a F/Cwife And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, no-obody knows
[Verse 2]
Well, he Cgambled in the White House and F/Cin the railroad Cyards WherCever F/Cthere was Cpeople, there was F/CWillie and his Ccards He Chad the F/CrepuCtation as the F/Cgamblin’est man aCround F/CWives would keep their husbands home when G/CWillie came to F/Ctown And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Verse 3]
Sailin’ Cdown the Mississippi to a F/Ctown called New OrCleans They’re still Ctalkin’ aF/Cbout their Ccard game F/Con that Jackson CQueen “I’ve Ccome to F/Cwin some Cmoney,” F/CGamblin’ Willie Csays When the F/Cgame finally ended up, the G/Cwhole damn boat was F/Chis And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Verse 4]
Up Cin the Rocky Mountains in a F/Ctown called Cripple CCreek There Cwas an F/Call-night Cpoker game, F/Clasted about a Cweek CNine F/Chundred Cminers had F/Claid their money Cdown When F/CWillie finally left the room, he G/Cowned the whole damn F/Ctown And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Solo] (harp) | C F/C C | F/C C | C F/C C | F/C C | | C F/C C | F/C | C F/C | G/C F/C | | C F/C C | F/C C | C F/C C | G/C C | | F/C C | C | [Verse 5]
But CWillie had a heart of gold and F/Cthis I G/Cknow is Ctrue He supCported F/Call his Cchildren and F/Call their mothers Ctoo He Cwore no F/Crings or Cfancy things, like F/Cother gamblers Cwore He F/Cspread his money far and wide, to G/Chelp the sick and F/Cpoor And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Verse 6]
When you Cplayed your cards with Willie, you F/Cnever really Cknew CWhether F/Che was Cbluffin’ or F/Cwhether he was Ctrue He Cwon a fortune F/Cfrom a man who F/Cfolded in his Cchair The F/Cman, he left a diamond flush, Willie G/Cdidn’t even have a F/Cpair And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Verse 7]
It was Clate one evenin’ F/Cduring a poker Cgame A Cman lost F/Call his Cmoney, he said F/CWillie was to Cblame He Cshot poor F/CWillie Cthrough the head, which F/Cwas a tragic Cfate F/CWillie’s cards fell on the floor, they were G/Caces backed with F/Ceights And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C | Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Verse 8]
So Call you ramblin’ gamblers, wherF/Cever you might Cbe The Cmoral F/Cof the Cstory is F/Cvery plain to Csee CMake your F/Cmoney Cwhile you can, beF/Cfore you have to Cstop For F/Cwhen you pull that dead man’s hand, your G/Cgamblin’ days are F/Cup And it’s Cride, F/CWillie, Cride (harp) C [ F/C ] Roll, Willie, roll (harp) C F/C C G/C [ C ] Wherever you’re a-gamblin’ now, nobody knows
[Coda] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | C G/C | F/C C C (harp)