D
Well, I've been down to Mississippi
D
Down through New Orleans, yes, I have
G
I've played in California
G
There ain't too much I haven't seen, No there ain't.
A
Oh, I'm a ramblin' man
A                                         D
Don't fool around with any old ramblin' man.


[Verse]
G
This time, if you want me to come back
C            G
It's up to you
C
But remember I won't allow the things
             G
You used to do.
                       D7
Gonna have to toe the mark
               G
And walk the line
F               C
This time will be
            G
The last time.

[Don't You Think This Outlaw Bits Done Gone Out of Hand]


[Verse]

G
I'm for the law and order the way it should be
G
This song's about the night they spent protecting you from me
G
Don't you think this outlaw bit's done got out of hand
                                                 C
What started out to be a joke the law don't understand.
                                                  D
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man
                                          G
Maybe this here outlaw bit's done got out of hand.

[Verse]
E
Clyde played electric bass
E
played it with finesse and grace
E
Set on the porch, ain't got no shoes
E
Pickin' that bass and singin' the blues.

[Verse]
D
Lord, she don't understand him
                              G
But she does the best that she can
  A
She's a good hearted woman
                               D
In love with her good timin' man.
E
She's a good hearted woman
                         A
In love with a good timin' man
B
She loves him in spite of his wicked ways
              E
That she don't understand.
E
Through teardrops and laughter
                                          A
They'll pass through this world hand in hand
B
A good hearted woman
                       E
Lovin' her good timin' man.


[Verse]
E                  A         B               E
Ladies love outlaws like babies love stray dogs
E                                           A
Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold
B
And outlaws touch the ladies
E
Anywhere they want

[Verse]
A
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
                            D
With Waylon and Willie and the Boys
 E
This succesful life we're livin's
                                          A
Got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys.
A
Between Hank Williams pain songs
A
And Newbury's train songs
D                            Bm
And Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
E
Out in Luckenbach Texas
                         A
Ain't nobody feelin' no pain.


[Verse]
A
I've always been crazy
 A
It's kept me from going insane
 A
Nobody knows if
                                D
It's something to bless or to blame
E
Till now I ain't found the rhyme
E
Or the reason to change
E
I've always been crazy
                          A
It kept me from going insane...