The Gambler

The Gambler easy guitar chords by Marc Almond

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Em

  • F#

    2
  • Am

  • B

    2
  • Cdim

    3
  • C

  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • C#dim

    4
  • Em

  • F#

    2
  • Am

  • B

    2
  • Cdim

    3
  • C

  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • C#dim

    4
  • Verse 1
    Em
    F#
    Em

    On a dark night in a lost hour
    Am
    Em

    In a town built from neon and chrome
    B

    Where las vegas seeks the desert
    Am

    In an old broken down casino
    Cdim

    There the gambler

    slapped his money down
    B
    Em

    Dirty dollars one hundred or more

    Placed his last bet on a poker game
    Am
    B

    Crossed his heart for the winning score
    Em
    Verse 2


    But the players at the table
    Am
    C
    Em

    Two men of the phantom creed
    B
    Cdim

    Seemed to play with
    B
    Cdim

    sombre purpose
    Am

    Than a reason and pure greed
    Cdim

    And the gambler felt his back freeze
    B
    Em

    And fear brushed his ageing brow

    For he'd seen those men

    before in his dreams
    Am
    B

    Here they sat before him
    Em
    C
    Em

    now
    Verse 3
    Em

    And the one smoothed back his black hair

    With a comb slicked by

    brylcream and grease

    Flipped the cards with a flippancy
    E
    Em

    Of a wily and slippery ease
    E
    F#

    With his sharp suit shade of lilac

    On a shuffle he made the cards sing

    Gold studs and menthol cigarettes

    Rubies set in a skull ring
    Verse 4
    E
    Bm

    And the other of the clergy
    E
    Bm

    With a colour and robe of pale ivory
    E
    Bm

    Silver grey at the temples
    E

    And a smile that was stern and was
    B

    kindly
    C
    B
    Em
    B
    Verse 5
    Em
    E

    Em
    F#
    Bm

    Jack of hearts lead, wait for aces
    Em
    Bm

    Became faces of family and friends
    F#

    Until the deck showed him a picture
    C#dim
    F#

    Of his life from beginning
    Bm

    to en d

    Reverend life he flipped an ace
    Em
    Bm

    And the gambler felt blood in his heart
    F#

    For he knew this was

    the game of games

    He would need all the reverend's
    Bm
    B
    Em

    heart
    Verse 6
    E

    Anger, lust and gluttony
    Em
    E
    Em

    The gambler seems hit hard
    E
    Em

    Each failure and each feature
    E

    Mapped out in the slippery cards
    Em
    F#

    Greasy mr.d. flashed a

    winning grin

    And stood facing reverend life

    The reverend paled as he

    saw the score

    The gambler felt pain as a knife
    E
    His troubles,
    Verse 7
    Bm

    tribulations
    E
    Bm

    Revelations and regrets
    E
    Bm

    A wife, a child, a fight to trial
    E
    Bm

    Turned by the hand of death
    E
    Bm

    And the gambler saw his hand stained
    E
    Bm

    With the blood of his family ties
    E

    And with the yellow smile of mr.d.
    B
    Bm
    E

    In his mind he crumples
    Bm

    an d dies
    Interlude 1
    E
    B
    Em
    C

    B
    And these
    Verse 8
    Em

    two great men

    from different worlds

    Faced each other and shook
    B

    of hands
    Cdim
    B

    The reverend shrugged "ah
    Cdim
    B
    Cdim

    well next time"
    B
    Em

    And departed for heaven's land
    Verse 9
    Em

    And the flames leapt and

    the soul screamed
    B

    And the cards scattered round the room
    Cdim

    And life is always a gamble
    B
    Em

    A game from the cradle to tomb
    Verse 10
    Em

    And the flames leapt and

    the soul screamed
    B

    And the cards scattered round the room

    And life is always a gamble
    Em

    A game from the cradle to tomb
    Verse 11
    Em

    And the flames leapt and

    the soul screamed
    B

    And the cards scattered round the room

    And life is always a gamble
    Em

    A game from the cradle to tomb
    Outro 1
    Em
    B
    Em

    B
    Em


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