The Ballad Of Dale & Gamble chords by Larry Mangum

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Verse 1
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Well, you might not think
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it very nice for me to tell this tale
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But I swear it came from Crider's mouth,
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I got it straight from Dale
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You see, Dale lives near Gainesville,
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an d old Gamble was
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passin' through
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Pickin' at the beef and bottle,
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as he was apt to do
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So Gamble called up his buds
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and said why don't you come on down
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Dale said you know I'd love to son,
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but my wife is out of town
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So I  got the baby duty,
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it's just my boy and me
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So I'll have to take a rain check
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maybe next  time I'll be free
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Don't leave the kids with a picker
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if they're the guitar in the house
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You might as well leave them
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standing in the road
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They'll pretend that they're listening
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when you tell them what to do
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But the truth is all musicians
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are addicted to the mules
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You can trust them with the yard work
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and they can make a pretty
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good spouse
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Don't leave the kids with the picker
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if there's a guitar in the house
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Gamble says, that ain't no problem,
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it's a family place, you see
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So bring the boy so we can pick,
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and what a time it'll be
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So Dale put the boy fast asleep,
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upstairs by the rail
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Where the two of them
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could keep an eye on him
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as they weave their magic spell
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And when the night was over,
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and it was time to call it quits
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Old Dale put away his gifts,
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Gamble put away his gil
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And down the road they headed
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with their gear all tucked away
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Reliving all the glory
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from the many shows they'd played
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Don't leave the kids with a picker
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if there's a guitar in the house
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You might as well leave them
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standing in the road
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They'll pretend that they're listening
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when you tell them what to do
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But the truth is all musicians
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are addicted to the muse
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You can trust them with the yard work
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and they can make a pretty
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good spouse
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Don't leave the kids with a picker
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if there's a guitar in the house
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Now all of a sudden Dale got the feeling
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that he'd left something behind
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Was it his trusty J -200?
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Or his jacket?
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Or the wine?
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No, he'd left his boy in that club
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sleeping by the rail
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He said, Gamble, turn this thing around,
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my life just went to hell
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Well, you should have seen the startled look
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on the face of the late night man
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With Dale and Gamble screaming,
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he finally let him in
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Dale ran up the stairs
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and woke the boy from a peaceful slumber
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An d  that's the ballad of Dale and Gamble
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in the night of their biggest blunder
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Don't leave the kids with a picker
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if there's a guitar in the house
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You might as well leave them
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standing in the road
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They'll pretend that they're listening
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when you tell them what to do
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But the truth is all musicians
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are addicted to the muse
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You can trust them with the yard work
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and they can make a pretty
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good spouse
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Don't leave the kids with the pickers,
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there's a guitar in the house
Don't leave them kids
with the pickers,
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there's a guitar in the house you