Rambler Gambler (key of A, handwritten, #72, with tab)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L345
Credit: Traditional · traditional (printed by Lomax 1910/1938)
Origin: Traditional cowboy song, also known as 'The Rambling Gambler' and related to 'The Wagoner's Lad'. John A. Lomax printed it in Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, so it is in the public domain. Handwritten in purple ink (cursive) with chords, 3/4 time, key of A, numbered '#72', with a melody tab staff at the bottom. No writer is shown on the sheet.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rambling_Gambler
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords as handwritten. The melody tab at the bottom is not transcribed.
A A7 I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, D E7 I'm a long ways from my home. A F#m If you people don't like me, D E7 Well, just leave me alone. A A7 For it's dark and it's a-raining, D E7 And the moon gives no light, A F#m And my pony can hardly travel D E7 On this dark road at night. A A7 I once had me a true love, D E7 Lord, her age was just sixteen. A F#m She was the flower of Belton D E7 And the rose of Saline. A A7 But her parents didn't like me, D E7 And now she's just the same. A F#m So if I'm writ on your books, gal, D E7 Well, just blot out my name. A A7 For there's changes in the ocean, D E7 And there's changes in the sea, A F#m And there's changes in my true love, D E7 But there ain't no change in me. (Repeat first verse)