Laura Marling – Rambling Man (Guitar)

Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D) • Capo 3
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Chords

D is sometimes played on all open strings, but also sometimes like this:
D  ----4---
A  ----0---
F# ----3---
D  ----0---
A  ----0---
D  ----0---
G is also played in two different ways, most of the time (in the verses and all the quick changes) like this:
D  ----0---
A  ----0---
F# ----1---
D  ----0---
A  ----2---
D  ----0---
But in the chorus it's like this
D  ----5---
A  ----0---
F# ----5---
D  ----0---
A  ----0---
D  ----0---
Dsus4 is like this
D  ----2---
A  ----0---
F# ----1---
D  ----0---
A  ----0---
D  ----0---
A is played like this
D  ----0---
A  ----0---
F# ----3---
D  ----0---
A  ----4---
D  ----0---
And for the D/F# in the bridge, just play the F# on the 6st string, all the other strings open You can play the same chords in standard tuning, for a more open sound you can then play the Dsus4 like this
E  ----0---
B  ----3---
G  ----0---
D  ----0---
A  ----0---
E ----X--- [Intro] D Dsus4 D G D G D G D [Verse 1]
D   Dsus4       D G D
Oh naïve little me

D            Dsus4           D  G D
Asking what things you have seen

            D        G          D  G D
And you're vulnerable in your head

          A               G                  D  G D
You'll scream and you'll wail 'till you're dead
[Verse 2]
  D        Dsus4      D  G D
Creatures veiled by night

  D       Dsus4                D  G D
Following things that aren't right

             D              G          D  G D
And they're tired and they need to be led

             A         G                  D  G D
But you'll scream and wail 'till you're dead
[Chorus]
     D    Dsus4   G       D
But give me to a rambling man

       D          Dsus4                 D  G D  G D G D
Let it always be known that I was who I am
[Verse 3]
 D     Dsus4         D  G D
Beaten battered and cold

     D           Dsus4             D  G D
My children will live just to grow old

         D   G          D  G D
But if I sit here and weep

         A                 G             D  G D
I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze
[Verse 4]
         D   Dsus4       D  G D
And the weak need to be led

         D        Dsus4              D  G D
And the tender are carried to their bed

            D         G      D  G D
And it's a pale and cold affair

       D          Dsus4                  D  G D
And I'll be dammed if I'll be found there
[Chorus]
     D    Dsus4   G       D
But give me to a rambling man

       D         Dsus4                 D  G D  G D G D G D G D G D G D
Let it always be known that I was who I am
[Bridge]
     D/F#                                  D
It's funny that the first chords that you come to

         D/F#                         D
Are the minor notes that come to serenade you

            D/F#                     D    D/F#            D
And it's hard to accept yourself as someone, you don't desire

    G                        D  G D G D G D
As someone you don't want to be
[Chorus]
    D    Dsus4   G       D
Oh give me to a rambling man

      D          Dsus4                  D  G D
Let it always be known that I was who I am

    D     Dsus4    G       D
Oh give me to the rambling man

       D          Dsus4                 D  G D  G D G D G D G D G D G D
Let it always be known that I was who I am