A Gamble Either Way chords by Dolly Parton

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Being born
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was the worst and the
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First mistake I ever made
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The doctor didn't spank me
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He just slapped me in the face
And the cup of love was
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Al ways quenching someone
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else's thirst
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Leaving me to swallow the
Bitter taste of hurt
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Because I  was raised an orphan
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Never wanted as a kid
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Until the year I turned 13
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Then everybody did
Strangers pass me back and forth
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Men just took me as they pleased
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And others had a Cinderella slave to
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Cook and clean    and weave

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Verse 2

Though the deck is stacked against you

Win or lose, you have to play

The hand that life has dealt you

And it's a gamble either way

Verse 3
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On a dusty road at 15
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In a yellow cotton dress
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With the desert sun like an angry
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Dragon breathing down my neck
And the dry cracked plains
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would make
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Me think of a prehistoric time
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Should I fear what lay before me
Less than what I'd left behind?
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A 15- year old girl don't have
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No trouble hitching rides
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But sometimes when
you're riding free
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You'll pay the highest price
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On back roads and in back seats
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And in cheap highway motels
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But what's a few more strangers in
A life of nothing else?

Verse 4

Though the deck is stacked against you

Win or lose, you have to play

The hand that life has dealt you

And it's a gamble either way

Verse 5
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Sixteen, caught me crying
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Underneath the scarlet lights
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On the doorsteps of a stranger on
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A cold and rainy night
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When I walked into the parlor here
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All the pieces seemed to fit
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I was good at pleasing strangers
So I made the most of it
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Either way it's all a gamble
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So view the stakes and know the odds
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And lay your cards upon the table
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Do all the dealing from the top