The Roving Gambler chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1

I am a rovin' gambler

I've gambled all around

Wherever I meet with a deck of cards

I lay my money down

Verse 2
D 
I've gambled down in Washington  (D major) 
I've gambled over in Spain
I'm on my way to Georgia
G 
D 
To knock  (G major) down my last  (D major) game
Knock down my last game
Knock down my last game

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Verse 3

I had not been in Washington

Many more weeks than three

'Till I fell I love with a pretty little girl

She fell in love with me

Verse 4
D 
She  (D major) took me in her parlor
She cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mother's ear
G 
D 
I  (G major) love this gamblin' man  (D major) 
Love this gamblin' man
A 
D 
 (A major) Love this gamblin'  (D major) man

Interlude 1

Verse 5

Oh,daugther, oh,dear daughter

How could you treat me so

To leave your dear old mother

And with the gambler go

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) Oh,mother, oh,dear mother
You know I love you well
But the love I hold for the gamblin' man
G 
D 
No  (G major) human tongue can tell  (D major) 
No human tongue can tell
A 
D 
F 
No  (A major) human tongue can  (D major) tell  (F major) 
G 
A 
D 
A 
C 
G 
 (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (C major)  (G major) 

Verse 7

I wouldn't marry a railroad man

This is the reason why

I never seen a railroad man

That wouldn't tell his wife a lie

Verse 8
D 
Oh, mother,  (D major) oh, dear mother
I'll tell you if I can
If you'll ever see me coming back
I'll be with the gamblin' man
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 

Verse 9
I am the rovin' gambler
Dm 
I've gambled all around  (D minor) 
D 
 (D major) Wherever I meet with a deck of cards
G 
D 
I  (G major) lay my money down  (D major) 
D 
Lay my money down  (D major) 
Dm 
Lay my money down  (D minor) 