Once a Gambler chords by Lightnin’ Hopkins
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Yeah, you know I once was
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a gambler
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But I lost my money roll
Yeah, you know I once
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was a gambler
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Boy, but I lost my money roll
That's the reason I don't have
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no sweet woman
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Now I done lost my happy home
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Verse 2
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You take it down when you
lose that no good money
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He sat around with his head
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hung down
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When you lose that old dog
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gone money
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You sit around with your head hung down
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You will try to borrow you fifty dollars
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To start all over again
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in another town
Verse 3
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Too late you gonna lose
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Your friends don't pay you no
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money
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Verse 4
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Baby, if you only will forgive me
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I won't gamble no more
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If you only will forgive me, baby
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Lord, have mercy,
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poor Lightnin' won't gamble no more
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Verse 5
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She says I can't help you now
Sold out to the devil and
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that's no way to go
And I couldn't help but cry
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I cried like I did
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Verse 6
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She said I didn't want you to gamble,
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You know who I am, I'm your wife
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She said I didn't want you to gamble,
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Lightnin'
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You know who I am,
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I am your wife
She's looking at,
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brother, just like you lost your money
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You had a good chance to lose your life
So go ahead on, Lightnin'
Once a Gambler
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