Kentucky Gambler chords by Midnite Ramblers

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I  wanted
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more from life
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than four kids and a wife
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And  a job in a dark Kentucky mine
A shaggy house and barn
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A 20 -acre farm was all I had
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and all I left behind
But a gamblin' I was lucky
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and so I left Kentucky
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And I left behind my woman and my kids
Into that gay casino
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at Nevada's town of Reno
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This Kentucky gambler
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planned to get rich quick
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Kentucky Gambler,
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who's gonna love your wo
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man in Kentucky?
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Who's gonna be the one
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to give her everything she needs?
Kentucky Gambler,
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who's gonna raise your chil
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dren in Kentucky?
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Who's gonna keep their bed
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and keep their shoes on their feet?
They're in that gambler's paradise,
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Lady Luck's led me right
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Yes, this Kentucky gambler played just right
I wanted everything I played,
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I really thought I had it made
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But I should have quit
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and gone on home that night
But when you love the green
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sorrow's always bound to follow
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Rita's dreams turn into neon amber
But Lady Luck, she leads you on
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She'll stay a while and then she's gone
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Better get on board,
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get tough, you gambler
But a gambler never seems to stop
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Until he loses all he's got
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With the money, hunger, fever, foul played on
I played till I'd lost all I'd won
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I was right back where I started from
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Then I started wanting to go home
Kentucky Gambler,
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ain't nobody waiting in Kentucky
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When I  walked out,
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somebody else walked in Kentucky
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Gambler, seems like you
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ain't really very lucky
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And it seems to me a gambler loses
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much more than he wins
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Kentucky Gambler ain't nobody
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waiting in Kentucky
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When I  ran out somebody else walked in Kentucky
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Gambler seems like he ain't really very lucky
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And it seems to me a gambler loses
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much more than he wins
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