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