Intro: G

G          
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
  C            G
I lay my money down
                   C
Lay my money down, lay my money down

G
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three

I met up with a pretty little girl
    C                 G
She fell in love with me
                      C
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me

G
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her mother's ear
  C                  G
I love that gambling man
                        C
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man

G
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?

Leave your dear old mother
    C              G
And with a gambler go
                   C
With a gambler go, with a gambler go

G
My mother oh dear mother you can not understand

If you ever see me a coming back
     C                  G
I'll be with a gambling man
                     C
With a gambling man, with a gambling man

G
I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine

I met up with a gambling man
C              G
Got in a poker game
                     C
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game

G
We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around

I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
      C                 G
And I shot that gambler down
                       C
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down

G
Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name

The Warden said as he locked the door
      C                  G
You've gambled your last game
                        C
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game

G
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
  C            G
I lay my money down
                   C
Lay my money down, lay my money down



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