Kris Kristofferson – Ramblin Jack (Guitar)

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From the album Feeling Mortal [INTRO] C [VERSE 1]
C
I got a friend named Ramblin' Jack.

C
He's got a face like a tumbled down shack

                                          G
That's been lived in too long to be torn down. 

      G
He's high on life and low on luck 

     G
and big on driving diesel trucks

                                           C
And knows the boys that built them by the sound
[VERSE 2]
 C
Most of his lifetime he's been wasted

C
On the wine of life he's tasted

                                     F
And I guess the rest, Lord, he was stoned

          G
And he's known to lay his weary head

         G
In some funky, unfamiliar beds

                               C
But he was only looking for a home
[CHORUS]
        F                                 C
And I know he ain't afraid of where he's going

         G                                   C
And I'm sure he ain't ashamed of where he's been

        F
He has paid a little piece of his soul 

           C 
For every seed that he's been sowing

          D                                     G
And he's made his own mistakes, and love, and friends
N.C. C Ain't that what matters in the end [INTERLUDE] D A D [VERSE 3]
 D
Soulful songs and sailing ships

D
Put a smile upon his lips

                             A
Easy as the laughter in his eyes

    A
And if he knew how good he'd done 

A
every song he ever sung

                             D
I believe he'd truly be surprised
[VERSE 4]
 D
Looking back he's come so far

 D
Looking at his lucky star

                                      G
Somewhere, out there, rocking on the road

 A
Risky nights and wasted days

 A
Wild and righteous, wicked ways

                            D
Mixing up the music in his soul
[CHORUS]
        G                                 D
And I know he ain't afraid of where he's going

         A                                   D
And I'm sure he ain't ashamed of where he's been

        G
He has paid a little piece of his soul 

           D 
For every seed that he's been sowing

          E                                     A
And he's made his own mistakes, and love, and friends
N.C. D Ain't that what matters in the end [OUTRO] D A D
D                              Dsus2 D
I got a friend named Ramblin' Jack