Ramblin on My Mind

Rhythm guitar

(This is the basic riff, played with some variations. You can use also other fitting riffs

or start with playing chords. Try them out)

E7 A7 B7

e|-------------------|  |-------------------|  |-------------------|
B|-------------------|  |-------------------|  |----0-0--0-0--0----|
G|-------------------|  |-------------------|  |-------------------|
D|-------------------|  |--2-2-4-4-5-5-0----|  |-------------------|
A|--2-2-4-4-5-5-0----|  |--0-0-0-0-0-0---4--|  |--2---2------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0---3b-|  |-------------------|  |----------------3--|

Intro

(The intro starts with with a double stop (two notes played together) combined with a

bending on one of the notes, followed by some common Blues licks)

e|---7--7--|-7--7--7\----0-|-----------------------|-----------|------------------|
B|---8b-8b-|-8b-8b-8\------|-----------------------|-----------|------0---0-0-----|
G|---------|---------------|-----------------------|---0h1-2-3-|-4\---------------|
D|---------|---------------|-0tr2--0h2-------------|-2---------|------------------|
A|---------|-----------2---|-----------2-1-0-------|-----------|----2---2-----2h4-|
E|---------|---------------|-----------------3b-0--|-----------|--------------0---|

|- piano starts here I've got

Verse 1

E7 A7 E7 E7

e|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------|-----0tr1-2-0tr1---------|-----0tr1-2 0tr1---------|
D|-------------------|--2-2-4-4-5-5-0-----|-------------------0-1-2-|-------------------0-1-2-|
A|-2-2-4-4-5-5-0-----|--0-0-0-0-0-0---4---|-----------------2-------|-----------------2-------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---3b--|--------------------|-0-0---------------------|-0-0---------------------|

ramblin' I've got ramblin' I've got

all on my mind

A7 A7 E7 E7

e|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------2---|---------------2----|-----0tr1-2 0tr1---------|-----0tr1-2 0tr1---------|
D|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4---2-|-2-2-4-4-5-5-4---2--|-------------------0-1-2-|-------------------0-1-2-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--|-----------------2-------|-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|-0-0---------------------|-0-0---------------------|

ramblin' I've got ramblin Is to leave

all on my mind

B7 A7 A7 A7

e|-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
B|---0-0--0-0--0-----|---------------------------|-------------------------|----0---0----------|
G|-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|----2-2-2----------|
D|-------------------|-2---2----2--4b-2-4-2---2--|------0-1-2-0------------|--2----------0-1-2-|
A|-2---2---------3b--|-0-0---/4-------------4----|--------------2-1-0------|-----------2-------|
E|-------------------|---------------------------|--0-0---------------3b-0-|-------------------|

my baby, 'cause she treats me so unkind I'm goin'

Verse 2

(I'm goin') down to the station,

catch that old fast milk train, you'll see.

I'm going down to the station,

catch that old fast milk train, you'll see.

I've got the (continued as following:)

B7

e|-----------2---2-------|---------------------------|-0-----------------------|---------------|
B|---0-0---0---0---------|---------------------------|--------------------0----|---0---0-0--0--|
G|-------2---------------|---------------------------|------0tr1-1-2-2-3-------|---------------|
D|-----------------2-0-1-|-2-2--4-4--5-5--0----------|-------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------------|-0-0--0-0--0-0-------------|-----------2-3-3-4-------|-2---2---2-----|
E|-----------------------|------------------0--------|-0--0--------------------|---------------|

Blues about Miss So 'n So, and the sun got the Blues 'bout me.

Solo

(He plays around 1 note (!) doing full, half and quarter bends.

To keep the tab in a comfortable length, I've used (only for this song)

bf for a full-tone bend,

bh for a half tone bend,

bq for a quarter tone bend and

hb for hold bend, that means pick the string after bending it.

It's a good idea to practice these bends before playing the solo. I think it's impossible to

make an absolute exact tab of this solo, you must listen to the record)

e|----------------|----------------------------------|
B|----8bh---8bh---|-10bf-10hb-10---------------------|
G|-/9-----9-------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-10hb-10hb-10hb-8-8bh-10hb-10bh-10bq-10br-8-10-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

(If you have problems with the scale at this position, you can also play it like)

e|--------------------|----------------------------|
B|--------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----12bh-----12bh--|-14bf-14bh-14bh-etc.--------|
D|-/14------/14-------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------|
e|-----------------------|-7-5--------------------------|---------------|
B|-10br-8---8-10-8-----5-|-----7rb-5---7-7bf-bh-7-5-7---|-7bf-7hb-7br-5-|
G|--------9---------/6---|-----------6----------------6-|---------------|
D|-----------------------|------------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------------|---------------|
e|-----7---------7--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-7bf---7hb-7bf---7hb-5----5-7--7bf-7bf-5-5-5--7bh-----|----3-3-----------------------|
G|------------------------6--------------------------6--|-/4-----\2-2-2tr0-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|------------------2---0h2-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------2---------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|-----0--0-----0-0-----0-0---|----------------|
B|---0----0-------0-------0---|-0---0--0---0---|
G|----------3p2-----3p2-------|-1--------2-----|
D|----------------------------|----------------|
A|----------------------------|---2-2------2---|
E|-0--------------------------|----------------|

Ending

e|------------------------------3/4----|
B|------------------------------2/3----|
G|---0tr1-------2----3----4\----3/4----|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|------2-------3-3--4-4--5\-----------|
E|-0-------3b-0------------------------|

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| b Bend

| \ Slide down

| h Hammer-on

| tr Trill

| / Slide up

| br Bend release

| p Pull-off

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