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Ramblin’ Gamblin’ ManBob Seger

Songwriter: Bob Seger

Producer: Punch Andrews Bob Seger

[Intro]
Yeah, I'm gonna tell my tale come on, uh come on, give a listen

[Verse 1]
'Cause I was born lonely down by the riverside
Learned to spin fortune wheels and throw dice
I was just thirteen when I had to leave home
Knew I couldn't stick around, I had to roam

[Verse 2]
Ain't good lookin', but you know I ain't shy
Ain't afraid to look you girl, hey, in the eye
So if you need some lovin', and you need it right away
Take a little time out, and maybe I'll stay

[Chorus]
But I got to ramble (Ramblin' man)
Gamble (Gamblin' man)
Got to, got to ramble (Ramblin' man)
I was born a ramblin', gamblin' man

Yeah, uh, say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, hah, hah
A bring it on, come on now
Yeah, alright, here we go now

[Verse 3]
Now, I'm out of money, 'cause you know I need some
Ain't gonna run on lovin', and I must run
Gotta keep movin', never gonna slow down
You can have your funky world, see you 'round

[Chorus]
'Cause I got to ramble (Ramblin' man)
I got to gamble (Gamblin' man)
I, I got to ramble (Ramblin' man)
Lord, I'm a ramblin', gamblin' man

[Outro]
Oh! I'm just a rambler
Yeah! And I'm just a gambler
Come on and sing along
'Cause I'm just a rambler (Ramblin' man)
Yeah, Lord I'm a gambler (Gamblin' man)
Rambler (Ramblin' man)
Yeah, I'm a rambler (Ramblin' man)
Yeah, Lord I'm a gambler (Gamblin' man)
Rambler (Ramblin' man)

Bob Seger

Robert Clark “Bob” Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the “System” from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet, recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger’s best-selling singles and albums.

In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. The Night Moves title track became his first Billboard Top 5 single and the album started a string six consecutive albums landing in the Billbaord Top 10. The 1980 album, Against the Wind, topped the charts.

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