The Roving Gambler chords by Frankie Laine

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
D 
I'm  (G major)  (D major) a
G 
rovin'  (G major) gambler,
gamble all around
C 
Wherever I meet with a  (C major) deck of cards
D 
A 
D 
G 
I  (D major) lay my  (A major)  (D major) money  (G major) down
C 
I lay  (C major) my money down
G 
D 
G 
 (G major) I gambled  (D major) down  (G major) in Washington
and I gambled over in Spain
Em 
G 
C 
I'm  (E minor) going down  (G major) to Georgia  (C major) 
G 
to gamble my last  (G major) game
D 
G 
Hadn't been  (D major) in  (G major) Washington
for many more days than three
Em 
C 
When  (E minor) I fell in love  (C major) 
with a pretty little girl
G 
C 
 (G major) And she  (C major) fell in love with me
G 
C 
G 
 (G major) She fell  (C major) in love with  (G major) me
Em 
She took me in her parlor  (E minor) 
G 
She  (G major) cooled me with her fan
C 
She whispered low in her  (C major) mother's ears
G 
C 
G 
 (G major) I love  (C major) that gamblin'  (G major) man
C 
G 
She loves  (C major) the gamblin'  (G major) man
Em 
Daughter, oh dear daugh (E minor) ter,
G 
 (G major) how could you treat me so
C 
To leave your dear old  (C major) mother
G 
C 
G 
 (G major) and  (C major) with the gambler go?  (G major) 
C 
G 
She loves  (C major) a gamblin'  (G major) man,
C 
G 
she loves  (C major) a gamblin' man  (G major) 
Db 
Ab 
She loves  (D flat major) a gamblin'  (A flat major) man,
Db 
Ab 
she loves  (D flat major) a gamblin' man  (A flat major) 
I wouldn't marry a railroad man
and I'll tell you the reason why
Db 
I've never seen a  (D flat major) railroad man
Ab 
Db 
Ab 
 (A flat major) who  (D flat major) wouldn't tell his wife a lie  (A flat major) 
And I wouldn't marry a farmer,
he's always in the rain
Db 
Ab 
The man I want to  (D flat major) marry wears  (A flat major) 
Db 
Ab 
a great big  (D flat major) gold watch  (A flat major) chain
B 
Bm 
E 
A 
A great  (B major) big  (B minor) gold  (E major) watch  (A major) chain
F#m 
Just see the train a -comin',  (F sharp minor) 
A 
 (A major) she's comin' round the curve
D 
A -whistlin' and a  (D major) -blowin'
A 
D 
A 
and  (A major) a  (D major) -strainin' every nerve  (A major) 
D 
A 
A  (D major) -strainin' every nerve  (A major) 
Oh mother, oh dear mother,
I tell you if I can,
D 
if you ever see me com (D major) in' back,
A 
D 
Bm 
E 
A 
 (A major) I'll  (D major) be with  (B minor) a  (E major) gamblin' man.  (A major) 
D 
A 
She'll be  (D major) with a gamblin'  (A major) man,
D 
A 
she'll be  (D major) with a gamblin'  (A major) man,
A 
she'll be with a gamblin'  (A major) man,
A 
she'll be with a gamblin'  (A major) man.