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Rambling, Gambling Willie chords by
Bob Dylan
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Come around you rovin' gamblers
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and a story I will tell

About the greatest gambler
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you all should know and well

His name was Will O' Connolly
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and he gambled all his life
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He had twenty -seven children
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yet he's never had a wife

And it's right, Willie, right, roll, roll
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Well, if you're a gamblin' now,

nobody really knows

He gambled in the White House
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and in the railroad yards

Wherever there was people,

there was Willie and his cards

He had the reputation

as the gamblinest man around
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Wives would keep their husbands

home
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when Willie came to town
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And it's ride, Willie, ride, roll, Willie, roll
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Well, you're a gamblin' now,
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nobody really knows

Sailin' down to Mississippi,

to a town called New Orleans

They're still talkin' about that card game
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on that Jackson River, Queen
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I've come to win some money,
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gamblin' Willie says
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When the game finally ended up,
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the whole damn boat was his
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And it's ride Willie, ride, roll

Willie, roll
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Well, he's over gamblin' now,
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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
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had laid their money down
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When Willie fi nally left the room,
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he owned the whole damn town
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And it's ride, Willie, ride, roll, Willie, roll
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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
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He spread his money far and wide
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to help the sick and the poor
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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,
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Willie didn't even have a pad
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Man, that's right, Willie, right,

roll, Willie, roll
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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,
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they were aces backed with eights
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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
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The moral of the story is very plain to see
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Make your money while you can,

before you have to stop
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For when you pull that dead man's hand,

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your gamblin' days are up
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And it's ride, Willie, ride,

roll, Willie, roll
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Wherever you're a -gamblin' now,

nobody really knows.

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • C#

    4

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Rambling, Gambling Willie by Bob Dylan is E major.

The primary chords used in Rambling, Gambling Willie are E, A, B, F#m, D#.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, A, B, F#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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