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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 04:56:08 -0500
From: Dan Nicholas 
Subject: CRD: Gambler  by Trooper

Gambler
Trooper
>From the LP "Thick as Thieves"
Written by Smith & MGuire
MCA Records 1978
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas
nicholdb@istar.ca


AWhoa___________ohhh (x02220@1)
                                      EAll (022100@1)the young adolescents with their phony ID
         F# (244322@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)the best dressed out lookin' for someplace to be
                AThey're (x02220@1)all listening to the gambler
       E (022100@1)                       DWho's (xx0232@1)too far gone too feel any pain

         A (x02220@1)                             EHe (022100@1)says next to drinking gambling is his only vice
         F# (244322@1)                      DThen (xx0232@1)it takes him half an hour to roll the dice
      AHe (x02220@1)says he's a gambler
      E (022100@1)                            Dbut (xx0232@1)he's barely got the cards for a game

       A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)            F#Cho.. (244322@1)Then the gambler lays his money down
       A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)            F# (244322@1)     Then the gambler slowly turns around
                 A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)     And says I may be a loser but I play the game
                F# (244322@1)                            D (xx0232@1)     And this money says that no one here can say the same
                A (x02220@1)                          E (022100@1)                D (xx0232@1)     Put your cards on the table, call the waiter for another round
                A (x02220@1)     Call the waiter

inst....(Verse)


A (x02220@1)                                   EWell (022100@1)it's ablank cheque stacked deck life that he leads
     F# (244322@1)                  DHe (xx0232@1)loses what he wants & wins what he needs
    A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)                         DHe (xx0232@1)says he's a gambler but he's barely got the cards for a game
        A (x02220@1)                          E (022100@1)                        DWell (xx0232@1)He says he's a gambler but he's barely got the cards for a game
        A (x02220@1)                          E (022100@1)                        DWell (xx0232@1)He says he's a gambler but he's barely got the cards for a game


Dan Nicholas
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