Gambling Man chords by Woody Guthrie

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Ah gambled down in
Washington
Ah gambled down in Maine
G 
Goin' down to Georgia
D 
To knock down my last game
Ahm a gamiblin' Man man man,
Ahm a gambling' Man,
A 
D 
Ahm a gamblin'

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Verse 2
D 
I had not been in Washington
Many more weeks than three
G 
When I fell in love with a
pretty little gal
D 
And she fell in love with me
Ahm a Gamblin' Man man man,
A 
D 
Ahm a Gamblin' Man,
Ahm a gambling'

Verse 3
D 
She took me in her parlour
Cooled me with her fan,
G 
She said" Oh Mother, Mother
D 
I'm in love with a gamblin' man"
A 
Ahm a gambling' man, man etc.
D 
She said

Verse 4
"Oh Daughter, Daughter
How could you treat me so,
G 
Leave your poor old Mother
D 
And with that gambler go."
Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc.
A 
I hear that train a- comin'

Verse 5
D 
A- comin' round the curve
A- whistlin' and a- screamin'
G 
Strainin' every nerve.
D 
Ahm a gamblin' man,
A 
D 
man etc.

Verse 6
D 
I wouldn't marry a railroad man
And here's the reason why
G 
I never knew a railroad man
Who wouldn't tell his wife a lie.
D 
Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc.
A 
I would

Verse 7
D 
marry a farmer
He's always in the rain
G 
D 
I'd rather marry
a gamblin' man
A 
D 
With a big gold watch and chain.
A 
D 
Ahm a gamblin' man, man etc.