Rambling, Gambling Willie chords by Bob Dylan
Verse 1
D
Come around you rovin' gamblers
G
D
and a story I will tell
About the greatest gambler
G
D
you all should know and well
His name was Will O' Connolly
G
D
and he gambled all his life
G
He had twenty -seven children
D
yet he's never had a wife
And it's right, Willie, right, roll, roll
G
D
Well, if you're a gamblin' now,
nobody really knows
He gambled in the White House
G
D
and in the railroad yards
Wherever there was people,
there was Willie and his cards
He had the reputation
as the gamblinest man around
G
Wives would keep their husbands
home
A
when Willie came to town
D
And it's ride, Willie, ride, roll, Willie, roll
G
D
Well, you're a gamblin' now,
A
D
nobody really knows
Sailin' down to Mississippi,
to a town called New Orleans
They're still talkin' about that card game
G
D
on that Jackson River, Queen
G
D
I've come to win some money,
G
D
gamblin' Willie says
G
When the game finally ended up,
D
A
Em
the whole damn boat was his
D
And it's ride Willie, ride, roll
Willie, roll
G
D
Well, he's over gamblin' now,
A
D
nobody really knows
Up in the Rocky Mountains,
in a town called Crippled Creek
There was an all -night poker game,
lasted about a week
Nine hundred miners
G
D
had laid their money down
G
When Willie fi nally left the room,
A
he owned the whole damn town
D
And it's ride, Willie, ride, roll, Willie, roll
G
D
Well, you're a gamblin' now,
nobody really knows
But Willie had a heart of gold,
and this I know is true
He supported all his children
and all their mothers, too
He wore no rings or fancy things
like other gamblers wore
G
He spread his money far and wide
A
to help the sick and the poor
D
And it's right, Willie, right,
for old Willie O 'Rourke
Well, you're a gamblin' now,
nobody really knows
When you played your cards with Willie,
you never really knew
Whether he was bluffin'
or whether he was true
He won a fortune
from a man who folded in his chair
The man, left a diamond flush,
A
Willie didn't even have a pad
D
Man, that's right, Willie, right,
roll, Willie, roll
G
D
Wherever you're a -gamblin' now,
nobody really knows
It was late one evening,
during a poker game
A man lost all his money,
said Willie was to blame
He shot poor Willie through the head,
which was a tragic fate
And Willie's cards fell on the floor,
A
they were aces backed with eights
D
And it's ride Willie, ride, roll
Willie, roll
Wherever you're a -gamblin' now,
nobody really knows
So all you rovin' gamblers,
wherever you might be
C#
D
The moral of the story is very plain to see
C#
Make your money while you can,
before you have to stop
D
C#
D
For when you pull that dead man's hand,
A
your gamblin' days are up
D
C#
D
And it's ride, Willie, ride,
roll, Willie, roll
C#
Wherever you're a -gamblin' now,
nobody really knows.
Rambling, Gambling Willie
Bob Dylan
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopPlay with musicMore songs by Bob Dylan
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.8
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users