CAPO: 2nd Fret 



Intro: G  ~  Em  C  G  ~  Em  C  G  D  C  G  C ~ Em   C D Em 

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Well, I'll tell you 'bout a gambler, folks, Jim Weaver was his name 
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And I don't know where he came from, but gambling was his trade 
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Ride in here close beside me, I'll tell you about a game 
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The damnedest game in all my years I ever did see played 


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Some said they'd seen him play before down on the Barbary Coast 
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He said that might be true enough, 'cause he'd gambled all around 
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And he lost his stake to a jack high straight out at Sutter's Fort 
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But he'd saved a little poke in case of a game within our town 


Chorus: 
      Em                            G      ~       Em 
And a lady loves a gambler, running loose, running free 
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I felt a tremble deep inside when I turned around to see 
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He was looking hard at me 


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Now the game was set in daddy's tent, an honest man, you know 
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And all the boys in town were set to take Jim Weaver's gold 
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'Cause digging gold is hard work and panning is too slow 
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And I saw Jim Weaver smiling at some little private joke 


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Well, by midnight he had all the gold that the boys in town had saved 
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They never caught him cheating, though they watched him all the while 
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And he never lost a single hand at any game he played 
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He never lost a dollar, boys, and he never lost his smile 


Chorus: 
      Em                            G     ~       Em 
And a lady loves a gambler, smiling free, smiling wide 
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I knew I wouldn't rest 'til I was smiling by his side 
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Smiling as we'd ride 


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Soon all the boys were busted flat, but they wanted still to play 
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So they asked Jim Weaver what was left to gamble in the game 
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He said he'd cut high cards one time and if he lost he'd pay 
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But if he won they had to swear to give the town his name 


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And he told my daddy he would bet ten dollars on the side 
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And I could be my daddy's stake, if I would so agree 
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And I rode out of Weaverville next morning as his bride 
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And I left the town that bears the name of the gambling man and me 


Chorus: 
      Em                         G      ~       Em 
And a lady loves a gambler if he cheats all the same 
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And no one saw me slip to him the ace that won the game 
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And gave the town our name