D   A   D   A           D   A   D   A


[Verse 1]
       A
Well a steel wheel rides a steel rail
      A
And a rubber wheel rides a road
A
Ground underneath my boot heals
A
Burns right through my soul
      D                A
Right through my weary soul


[Verse 2]
A
Wilflower travels on a (?) wind
          A
Through a field of broken dreams
     A
Your memory flies through my restless heart
   D             A
On fallen angels wings


[Chorus]
      D                 A
And I wish I could have stayed
  D                 A
I wish I could have changed
      A
But a ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ man
  D          A
By any other name
   D         A
By any other name


[Instrumental]
A               D   A


[Verse 3]
     A
Some men are made to plant their feet
    A
And stay right-a where they are
     A
Some build their homes on the (shifting sands?)
A
Beneath the shooting stars
     D                  A
Some bright and shining star


[Verse 4]
  A
A woman like you was born to love
       A
With a kind and gentle hand
    A
But I was born a rolling stone
         D              A
And I’ll die a ramblin’ man


[Chorus]
      D                 A
And I wish I could have stayed
  D                 A
I wish I could have changed
      A
But a ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ man
  D          A
By any other name
   D         A
By any other name


[Instrumental]
A               D   A   D   A   D
A       D   A   D   A


[Verse 5]
     A
Some day you may forgive me
    A
For leaving you all alone
    A
But I can’t deny the wanderlust
        A
And the call of the open road
     D           A
Down on the open road


[Chorus]
      D                 A
And I wish I could have stayed
  D                 A
I wish I could have changed
      A
But a ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ man
  D          A
By any other name
   D         A
By any other name


[Instrumental]
D   A   D   A       D   A   D   A
D   A   D   A       D   A   D   A


[Chorus]
      D                 A
And I wish I could have stayed
  D                 A
I wish I could have changed
      A
But a ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ man
  D          A
By any other name
   D         A
By any other name


[Outro]
A
           Well a ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ ramblin’ man