Ramblin' Blues
Words and Music Woody Guthrie
Released on Colombia River Collection (1988)

This follows a pretty standard blues pattern.  It's gonna be too hard and lengthy to tab out the whole thing note for note, but I try and point out some of the things he does over the chords.  It's pretty straightforward, you can get it just by listening to the song.

Chords:

E:022100 (he hammers-on the 3rd-string -0h1- throughout the song and frequently plays notes on the 1st string with the pinky)

A7:X02023 (also plays notes on the 1st string)

Bm6:XXX434

Bbm/D:XX0323

D7: XX0212


Intro:

E: While strumming with the pinky play:

e:|--2-2-2---4-4-0---2-2-2---4-4-0---2-2-2---4-0---|

A7: While strumming with the pinky play:

e:|--2-2-2--0-0--2-2-3-2-0-----|


Intro chord sequence: E  A7  E  Bm6 - Bbm/D - D7  E


E
Standing down in Portland town one day
A7                                       E
I Was standing down in Portland town one day
Bm6  Bb6/D  D7    E
Hey.. hey.. hey.. hey.

E
I come from Louisiana where the Red Fish in the bay;
A7
I come from Louisiana where the Red Fish in the bay;
A7
Lord, I come from Louisiana where the Red Fish in the bay;
E (riff)A:|-2------------  )
        E:|------2----0--  )
Hey.........hey..hey..hey!


I said, which a-way does a-Columbia River run?
I said which a-way does Columbia River run?
I says, a which a-way does Columbia River run?
From the Canadian Rockies to the ocean of the Settin' Sun.

{Bm6 - Bbm/D - D7 - E}

Well how many river have you got in Portland town?
I said, How many rivers have you got in Portland town?
Lord, How many rivers have you got in Portland town?
They said, The Columbia River is the river that they all run down.

I walk down the road and I seen your Bonneville Dam;
I walk down the road and I see your Bonneville Dam;
Walk the rocky road and I see your Bonneville Dam;
‘lectricity run th' fact'ry makin' planes for Uncle Sam.