The Gambler
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
    On 
    dark 
    night 
    in 
    a lost 
    hour 

    In 
    a town 
    built 
    from 
    neon 
    and 
    chrome 

    Where 
    las 
    vegas 
    seeks 
    the desert 

    In 
    an 
    old 
    broken 
    down 
    casino 

    There 
    the 
    gambler 

    slapped 
    his 
    money 
    down 

    Dirty 
    dollars 
    one 
    hundred 
    or 
    more 

    Placed 
    his 
    last 
    bet 
    on 
    poker 
    game 

    Crossed 
    his 
    heart 
    for 
    the 
    winning 
    score 

    Verse 2

    But 
    the players 
    at 
    the table 

    Two 
    men 
    of 
    the phantom 
    creed 

    Seemed 
    to play 
    with 

    sombre 
    pur
    pose 

    Than 
    reason 
    and 
    pure 
    greed 

    And 
    the 
    gambler 
    felt 
    his 
    back 
    freeze 

    And 
    fear 
    brushed 
    his 
    ageing 
    brow 

    For 
    he'd seen 
    those 
    men 

    before 
    in 
    his 
    dreams 

    Here 
    they sat 
    be
    fore 
    him 

    now 

    Verse 3
    And 
    the 
    one 
    smoothed 
    back 
    his 
    black 
    hair 

    With 
    a comb 
    slicked 
    by 

    brylcream and 
    grease 

    Flipped the 
    cards 
    with 
    flippancy 

    Of 
    a wily 
    and slippery 
    ease 

    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
    And 
    the 
    other 
    of 
    the clergy 

    With 
    a colour 
    and 
    robe 
    of 
    pale 
    ivory 

    Silver 
    grey 
    at 
    the 
    temples 

    And 
    a smile 
    that 
    was 
    stern 
    and 
    was 

    kindly 

    Verse 5

    Jack 
    of 
    hearts 
    lead, 
    wait for 
    aces 

    Became 
    faces 
    of family 
    and friends 

    Until 
    the deck 
    showed 
    him 
    a picture 

    Of 
    his 
    life 
    from 
    beginning 

    to 
    en

    Reverend 
    life 
    he 
    flipped 
    an 
    ace 

    And 
    the 
    gam
    bler 
    felt 
    blood 
    in 
    his 
    heart 

    For 
    he 
    knew 
    this was 

    the game 
    of 
    games 

    He would 
    need 
    all 
    the 
    reverend's 

    heart 

    Verse 6
    Anger, 
    lust 
    and 
    glut
    tony 

    The 
    gambler 
    seems 
    hit 
    hard 

    Each 
    fail
    ure 
    and 
    each 
    feature 

    Mapped 
    out 
    in 
    the slippery 
    cards 

    Greasy 
    mr.d. flashed 

    winning 
    grin 

    And stood 
    facing 
    reverend 
    life 

    The 
    reverend 
    paled 
    as he 

    saw 
    the score 

    The gambler 
    felt 
    pain 
    as a knife 

    His troubles, 
    Verse 7
    tribu
    lations 

    Rev
    elations 
    and 
    re
    grets 

    A wife, 
    a child, 
    a fight 
    to trial 

    Turned 
    by 
    the 
    hand 
    of 
    death 

    And 
    the gam
    bler 
    saw 
    his 
    hand 
    stained 

    With 
    the blood 
    of 
    his 
    family 
    ties 

    And 
    with 
    the 
    yellow 
    smile 
    of mr.d. 

    In 
    his 
    mind 
    he 
    crumples 

    an
    dies 

    Interlude 1

    And 
    these 
    Verse 8
    two 
    great 
    men 

    from 
    different 
    worlds 

    Faced 
    each 
    other 
    and 
    shook 

    of 
    hands 

    The reverend 
    shrugged 
    "ah 

    well 
    nex
    time" 

    And 
    departed 
    for 
    heaven's 
    land 

    Verse 9
    And 
    the flames 
    leapt 
    and 

    the soul 
    screamed 

    And 
    the cards 
    scattered 
    round 
    the 
    room 

    And 
    life 
    is 
    al
    ways 
    gamble 

    game 
    from 
    the cradle 
    to tomb 

    Verse 10
    And 
    the flames 
    leapt 
    and 

    the 
    soul 
    screamed 

    And 
    the cards 
    scattered 
    round 
    the 
    room 

    And 
    life 
    is 
    always 
    a gamble 

    game 
    from 
    the cradle 
    to tomb 

    Verse 11
    And 
    the flames 
    leapt 
    and 

    the soul 
    screamed 

    And 
    the cards 
    scattered 
    round 
    the 
    room 

    And 
    life 
    is 
    always 
    a gamble 

    game 
    from 
    the cradle 
    to 
    tomb 

    Outro 1



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