Poor Rambler chords
Swap ↔ or rotate ↻ the device
[Verse 1]
G
Come and gather around me good people
D7 G
My life I must reveal
G
Well tomorrow might have been different
D7 G
And I know how my darling ought to feel
[Verse 2]
G
Well that last time I saw my woman
D7 G
She had a wine glass in her hand
G
She was drinking down her troubles
D7 G
With a low down sorry man
[Verse 3]
G
Well I wrote my Momma a letter
D7 G
And I told her I was in jail
G
Well she wrote me back in a hurry
D7 G
Saying honey I'm gonna come and throw your bail
[Verse 4]
G
Well I'm a laying around in this old jail house
D7 G
Forty dollars will pay my fine
G
Pretty women swarming all around me
D7 G
Marijuana has destroyed my mind
[Chorus]
G
Give me corn bread when I'm hungry
D7 G
Corn whiskey when I'm dry
G
Pretty women swarming all around me
D7 G
Sweet Heaven when I die
[Solo]
G D7 G
G D7 G
G D7 G
G D7 G
[Verse 5]
G
Well my Daddy taught me plenty
D7 G
And my Momma she taught me more
G
She said if I didn't quit my rowdy ways
D7 G
I'd have trouble knocking at my door
[Verse 6]
G
When my Earthly trials are over
D7 G
Throw my cold dead body in the sea
G
Tell that false hearted lover of mine
D7 G
That the whales are gonna fuss over me
[Chorus]
G
Give me corn bread when I'm hungry
D7 G
Corn whiskey when I'm dry
G
Pretty women swarming all around me
D7 G
Sweet Heaven when I die
[Outro]
G D7 G
G D7 G
G D7 G
G D7 G
G D7 G
G D7 G