Kentucky Gambler

Kentucky Gambler easy guitar chords by Merle Haggard

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    wanted 
    more 
    from 
    life, 

    than 
    four 
    kids 
    and 
    a wife 

    And 
    a job 
    in 
    a dark 
    Kentucky 
    mine 

    twenty- 
    acre 
    farm, 

    with 
    shackey house 
    and 
    barn 

    That's 
    all 
    I had 
    and 
    all 
    left 
    be
    hind 

    Verse 2

    But 
    at 
    gambling, 
    was 
    lucky, 

    and 
    so 
    left 
    Kentucky 

    And 
    left 
    behind 
    my 
    woman 
    and 
    my 
    kid

    Into 
    the gay 
    casinos, 

    in 
    Nevada's 
    town 
    of 
    Reno 

    This 
    Ken
    tucky 
    Gambler 
    planned 
    to 

    get 
    rich 
    quick 

    Verse 3

    (Kentucky gambler 
    who's 
    going 
    to love 

    your 
    woman 
    in 
    Kentucky?) 

    Yeah, 
    and 
    who's 
    going 
    to be 
    the 
    one 
    to 
    give 

    her 
    everything 
    she 
    needs? 

    (Kentucky gambler, 

    who's 
    going 
    to 
    raise 
    your 
    children 
    in 
    Kentucky?) 

    And who's 
    going 
    to keep 
    them 
    fed 
    and 

    keep 
    them 
    shoes 
    on 
    their 
    feet? 

    Verse 4

    There 
    at 
    the 
    gambler's 
    paradise, 

    Lady 
    luck 
    was 
    on 
    my 
    side 

    And 
    this 
    Kentucky 
    gam

    bler 
    played 
    just 
    right 

    Yeah, 
    won 
    at 
    everything 
    played, 

    really 
    thought 
    had 
    it 
    made 

    But 
    should 
    have 
    quit 
    and 
    gone 

    on 
    home 
    that 
    night 

    Verse 5

    But 
    when 
    you 
    love 
    the green- 
    backed 
    dollar, 

    sor
    row's 
    always 
    bound 
    to follow 

    And 
    Reno's 
    dreams 
    fade 

    into 
    neon 
    am
    ber 

    And 
    Lady 
    Luck, 
    she'll 
    lead 
    you 
    on 

    She'll 
    stay 
    while, 

    and 
    then 
    she's 
    gone 

    You better 
    go 
    on 
    home, 

    Kentucky 
    gambler 

    Verse 6

    But 
    gambler 
    never 
    seems 
    to 
    stop, 

    till 
    he loses 
    all 
    he's 
    got 

    An
    d with 
    a money- 
    hungry 
    fever, 

    played 
    on 

    played 
    till 
    I'd 
    lost 
    all 
    I'd 
    won, 

    I was 
    right 
    back 
    where 
    I'd 
    started 
    from 

    Then 
    started 
    want
    ing 
    to 
    go 

    home 

    Verse 7

    (Kentucky gambler, 
    there 
    ain't nobody, 

    waiting 
    in 
    Kentucky) 

    When I 
    ran 
    out, 

    some
    body 
    else 
    walked 
    in 

    (Kentucky gambler, 

    looks 
    like 
    you 
    ain't 
    really 
    very 
    lucky) 

    And it 
    seems 
    to 
    me 
    a gam
    bler 
    loses 

    much 
    more 
    than 
    he 
    wins 

    Much 
    more 
    than 
    he 
    wins 


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