Kentucky Gambler chords by Merle Haggard
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
I (G major) wanted more from life,
than four (C major) kids and a wife
And a job (G major) in a dark (D major) Kentucky mine (G major)
A twenty- acre farm,
with a (C major) shackey house and barn
That's (G major) all I had and all (D major) I left behind
(G major)
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Verse 2
But at gambling, I was lucky,
and so (C major) I left Kentucky
And left (G major) behind my (D major) woman and my kid (G major) s
Into the gay casinos,
in Nevada's (C major) town of Reno
This Kentucky (G major) Gambler planned (D major) to
get rich quick
(G major)
Verse 3
(Kentucky gambler who's (C major) going to love
your woman (D major) in (G major) Kentucky?)
Yeah, and (C major) who's going to be the one (G major) to give
her everything (D major) she needs? (G major)
(Kentucky gambler,
(C major) who's going to raise your children (D major) in (G major) Kentucky?)
And who's (C major) going to keep them fed (G major) and
keep them shoes (D major) on their feet?
(G major)
Verse 4
There at the gambler's paradise,
Lady (C major) luck was on my side
And (G major) this Kentucky gam
(D major) bler played just right (G major)
Yeah, I won at everything I played,
I (C major) really thought I had it made
But I should (G major) have quit and gone (D major)
on home that night
(G major)
Verse 5
But when you love the green- backed dollar,
sor (C major) row's always bound to follow
And Reno's (G major) dreams fade
(D major) into neon am (G major) ber
And Lady Luck, she'll lead you on
She'll stay (C major) a while,
and then she's gone
You better go on (G major) home,
(D major) Kentucky gambler
(G major)
Verse 6
But a gambler never seems to stop,
(C major) till he loses all he's got
(G major) An d with a money- hungry (D major) fever,
I played on (G major)
I played till I'd (C major) lost all I'd (G major) won,
(C major) I was right back where I'd started from
(G major) Then I started want (D major) ing to go
home
(G major)
Verse 7
(Kentucky gambler, there (C major) ain't nobody,
waiting (D major) in (G major) Kentucky)
When I (C major) ran out,
some (D major) body else walked in (G major)
(Kentucky gambler,
(C major) looks like you ain't (D major) really very (G major) lucky)
And it seems (C major) to me a gam (G major) bler loses
much (D major) more than he wins (G major)
Much more than he wins
(G major)
Kentucky Gambler
Merle Haggard
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