The Rovin' Gambler chords by Eddy Arnold

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I am a roving gambler,
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I've gambled all around
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Whenever I meet with a deck of cards,
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I lay my money down
I've gambled down in Washington,
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I've  gambled over in Spain
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I'm on my way to Tennessee,
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to play my last game

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Verse 2

I had not been in Washington,

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many more weeks than three

When I fell in love with a pretty little maid,

who fell in love with me

She took me in the parlor,

she cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her mother's ear,

I love that gambling man

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Oh daughter, oh dear daughter,
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how could you treat me so
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To leave your dear old mother,
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and with the gambler go
Oh mother, my dear mother,
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you know I love you well
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But the love I have for the gambling man,
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no human tongue can tell
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Verse 4
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I wouldn't marry a farmer,
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he's  always in  the rain
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I wouldn't marry a railroad man,
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who's always on a train
I wouldn't marry a doctor,
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he's always gone from home
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All I want is the gambling man,
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for he won't leave me alone

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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I hear the train a- comin',
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a- comin' round the curve
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A- whistlin' and a- blowin',
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and strainin' every nerve
Oh mother, oh dear mother,
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I'll tell you if  I can
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If you ever see me coming back,
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I'll be with a gambling man