I'm a Rambler, I'm a Gambler

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Canadian folk musician Jesse Ferguson performs the traditional ballad "I'm a Rambler, I'm a Gambler" (a.k.a. "The Rose of Aberdeen"). Chords and lyrics below.

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The Rose of Aberdeen
(Traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson, Nov. 2013)

Capo @ 2, 92 bpm

Intro: C2 B2 Am Am/G D
C2 B2 Am D G

V1.
G C2 B2 Am Am/G D
I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler. I'm a long way from my home.
G C2 B2 G C2 B2 Am Am/G D
If you people don't li-ke me, I can make out on my own.

V2.
But it's dark and it's rainin', and the moon gives off no light.
And my pony can hardly travel, on this darkened road at night.

Interlude: C2 B2 Am Am/G D
C2 B2 Am D G

V3.
You know once I had a true love, though her age was just sixteen.
She was the Flower of Belton, and the Rose of Aberdeen.

V4.
But her parents did not like me, and now she feels much the same.
If I'm writ on in your diary, well blot out my name.

Interlude:

V5.
‘Cause there's changes in the ocean, and there's changes in the sea.
And there's changes in my own true love, but there ain't no change in me.

Outro: C2 B2 Am D G