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Gamblin' Man Chords

Music by: Lonnie Donegan
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[Verse 1]
I've gambled [D]down [G]in
Wasington
And I've gambled up in Maine
I'm going [C]down into Georgia
To knock down my [G]last game
I'm a [D]gamblin' [G]man, [D]man, [G]man
[D]I'm a gamblin' man
[G]

[Verse 2]
Well [D]I'd not been in [G]Washing[D]ton
[G]Many more weeks than three
When I [C]fell in love with
a pretty little girl
And she fell in love with [D]me
I'm a gamblin' [G]man
[D]I'm a gamblin' man[G]

[Verse 3]
I'm a gamblin' [G]man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
A [D]gamblin' [G]man, man, man
I'm a [D]gamblin' [G]man

[Verse 4]
I'm a gamblin' [G]man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a [D]gamblin' [G]man

[Verse 5]
[G]She took me in her parlour
Cooled me with her fan
[C]She said oh mother mother
I'm in love with a [G]gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man

[Verse 6]
[D]She said oh daughter, [G]daughter
How could you treat me so
[C]Leave your poor old mother
With that gambler go
[G]He's a gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man

[Verse 7]
He's a gamblin' [G]man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man

[Verse 8]
He's a gamblin' [G]man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
Hey a [D]gamblin'

[Verse 9]
[G]man

[Verse 10]
I [G]would not marry a farmer
He's always in the rain
I'd [C]rather marry a gamblin' man
With a gold [G]watch and chain
He's a gamblin' man
He's a [D]gamblin' [G]man

[Verse 11]
And [G]I would not marry a railroad man
Here's the reason why
[C]I've never known a railroad man
Wouldn't tell his [G]wife a lie
He's a gamblin' man
He's a gamblin' man

[Verse 12]
He's a gamblin' [G]man, man, man
A gamblin' man man man
A gamblin' man, man, man
He's a gamblin' man

[Verse 13]
He's a gamblin' [G]man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man

[Interlude 1]
How about Jimmy
[G][D][G]
[D]
[G]
[Gm][G][Gm][G][Gm]
[G]He's a gamblin'

[Verse 14]
[Gm]man,[G]
man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' [Gm]man
He's a [G]gamblin'

[Verse 15]
man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man
How about

[Verse 16]
I [G]hear that train a-coming
Coming Coming round the curve
Whist[C]ling, a-screaming
straining straining every [G]nerve
A gamblin' man man man
A gamblin' man

[Verse 17]
He's a gamblin' [Gm]man, man, man
[G]A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man

[Verse 18]
He's a gamblin' [G]man, man, [Gm]man
A gamblin' [G]man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man

[Outro 1]
A gamblin' man
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