Roving Gambler chords by The Country Gentlemen

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I am a  roving gambler,
gambler all around
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Whenever I meet with a deck of
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cards I lay my money down
Lay my money down, lay my money down
I had not been in
Frisco many more weeks and three
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I met up with a pretty little girl,
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she fell in love with me
Fell in love with me,
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fell in love with me
She took me in her parlor,
she cooled me with a fan
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Whispered a lull in her mother's ear,
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love a scamblin' man
Love a scamblin' man,
love a scamblin' man
Oh daughter, oh dear daughter,
how can you treat me so?
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Leave you dear old mother
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and with the gambler go
With the gambler go,
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with the gambler go
Oh mother, oh dear mother,
I'll tell you if I can
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If you ever see me comin' back I'll
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be with the gamblin' man
With the gamblin' man,
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with the gamblin' man
I left her in
Frisco, I wound up in
Maine
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I met up with the gamblin' man,
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we got in a poker game
Got in a poker game,
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got in a poker game
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He put his money in the pot and
dealt the cards around
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Saw him deal from the bottom of
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the deck, so he shot the gambler down
Shot the gambler down,
shot the gambler down
Now I'm down in prison,
got a number for my name
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The warden said,
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as he locked the door,
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Gamou, you'll escape
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Gamou, you'll escape,
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Gamou, you'll escape