The Roving Gambler Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Bb][Ab][G][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]I'm [D]a
rov[G]in' gambler,
gamble all around
Wherever I meet with a [C]deck of cards
I [D]lay [A]my [D]money [G]down
I [C]lay my money down
[G]I gambled dow[D]n in [G]Washington
and I gambled over in Spain
[Em]I'm going [G]down to [C]Georgia
to gamble my last [G]game
Hadn't [D]been [G]in Washington
for many more days than three
[Em]When I fell in [C]love
with a pretty little girl
[G]And she [C]fell in love with me
[G]She fel[C]l in love with me[G]
She took me in her [Em]parlor
[G]She cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her [C]mother's ears
[G]I lov[C]e that gamblin' man[G]
She [C]loves the gamblin' [G]man
Daughter, oh dear [Em]daughter,
[G]how could you treat me so
To leave your dear old [C]mother
[G]and [C]with the gambler [G]go?
She [C]loves a gamblin' [G]man,
she [C]loves a gamblin' [G]man
She [Db]loves a gamblin' [Ab]man,
she [Db]loves a gamblin' [Ab]man
I wouldn't marry a railroad man
and I'll tell you the reason why
I've never seen a [Db]railroad man
[Ab]who [Db]wouldn't tell his wife a lie[Ab]
And I wouldn't marry a farmer,
he's always in the rain
The man I want to [Db]marry [Ab]wears
a great [Db]big gold watch c[Ab]hain
A [B]great big [Bm]gold [E]watch [A]chain
Just see the train a -com[F#m]in',
[A]she's comin' round the curve
A -whistlin' and a [D]-blowin'
[A]and a [D]-strainin' every [A]nerve
A [D]-strainin' every [A]nerve
Oh mother, oh dear mother,
I tell you if I can,
if you ever see me com[D]in' back,
[A]I'll [D]be [Bm]with a [E]gamblin' [A]man.
She'll be [D]with a gamblin' [A]man,
she'll be [D]with a gamblin' [A]man,
she'll be with a gamblin' [A]man,
she'll be with a gamblin' [A]man.