Son of a Rotten Gambler chords by Emmylou Harris

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Verse 1

An d his love will be his vision,

And he'll take you where you stand.

An d will you stand your life by his,

And help the boy become a man?

Verse 2
D 
G 
Will  (D major) he be the son of his  (G major) father?
D 
His father, the  (D major) teacher?
G 
Teachin' love  (G major) and  honesty,
C 
An' bein' his own  (C major) manhandler.
G 
Or the  (G major) son of,
D 
The son of a run  (D major) of the mill,
C 
G 
Run rotten gam (C major) bler?  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) Will the

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Verse 3

devil be getting to you,

As you look back over what you've done?

And what you've done: was

it for reason or for rhyme?

Was it just for fun?

Verse 4
D 
G 
Will  (D major) he be the son of his  (G major) father?
D 
His father, the  (D major) teacher?
G 
Teachin' love and  (G major) honesty,
C 
An' bein' his own  (C major) manhandler.
G 
Or the  (G major) son of,
D 
The son of a run  (D major) of the mill,
C 
Run rotten gam (C major) bler?
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) 
Back on the road now,
C 
Em 
 (C major) you can lose your head.  (E minor) 
There ain't no kingdom for the
C 
Em 
 (C major) gamblin' man.  (E minor) 
C 
You know the road now  (C major) and
G 
you've made your stand.  (G major) 
Bm 
Am 
When  (B minor) his eyes shine  (A minor) upon
E 
you, shine  (E major) upon you.

Verse 6
E 
A 
 (E major) Will he be the son of his  (A major) father?
E 
His father, the  (E major) teacher?
A 
Teachin' love and  (A major) honesty,
D 
An' bein' his own  (D major) manhandler.
A 
Or the  (A major) son of,
E 
The son of a run  (E major) of the mill,

Interlude 1
Run rotten gambler?
D 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (D major)  (A major)  (E major)  (F sharp minor) 
D 
F#m 
D 
 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major) 
F#m 
D 
A 
 (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
C#m 
Will  (C sharp minor) 

Verse 7
Bm 
F# 
Ebm 
 (B minor) he  (F sharp major) be the  (E flat minor) son
B 
of his  (B major) father?
F# 
His father, the  (F sharp major) teacher?
B 
Or the son of a rotten  (B major) gambler?
Son of a rotten gambler?
E 
Son of a rotten gam (E major) bler?
Son of a rotten gambler?
B 
 (B major) Son of a rotten gambler?
F# 
The son of a rot (F sharp major) ten gambler?
E 
The son of a rotten  (E major) gambler?.