Gamblin' Man chords by Lonnie Donegan

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Verse 1
D 
G 
I've gambled  (D major) down in  (G major) 
Wasington
And I've gambled up in Maine
C 
I'm going  (C major) down into Georgia
G 
To knock down my  (G major) last game
D 
G 
D 
G 
I'm a  (D major) gamblin' man,  (G major) man,  (D major) man  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) I'm a gamblin' man
G 
 (G major) 

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

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Verse 3

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

Verse 4

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man, man, man

I'm a gamblin' man

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

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

Verse 7

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man, man

He's a gamblin' man

Verse 8

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man, man

Hey a gamblin'

Verse 9

man

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

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

Verse 12

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man man man

A gamblin' man, man, man

He's a gamblin' man

Verse 13

He's a gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man

Interlude 1
How about Jimmy
G 
D 
G 
 (G major)  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
Gm 
G 
Gm 
G 
Gm 
 (G minor)  (G major)  (G minor)  (G major)  (G minor) 
G 
 (G major) He's a gamblin'

Verse 14
Gm 
G 
 (G minor)  (G major) man,
man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
Gm 
A gamblin' man  (G minor) 
G 
He's a  (G major) gamblin'

Verse 15

man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man, man

A gamblin' man, man

How about

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