Intro: D 


[Verso 1]

D 
I am a roving gambler I gambled down in town 
D 
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards 
   G               D 
I lay my money down 
                    G               D 
Lay my money down, lay my money down 


[Verso 2]
 
D 
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three 
D 
I fell in love with a pretty little girl 
     G                  D 
She fell in love with me 
                           G                  D 
Fell in love with me, she fell in love with me 


[Verso 3]
 
D 
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan 
D 
She whispered low in her mother's ear 
   G                    D 
I love that gambling man 
                         G                    D 
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man 


[Verso 4]

D 
I hear that train a coming, coming round the curve, 
D 
Whistling and a blowin, 
G                    D 
straining every nerve 
                        G                   D 
Straining every nerve, straining every nerve 


[Verso 5]

D 
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so? 
D 
Leave your dear mama 
G                    D 
And with a gambler go 
                    G               D 
With a gambler go, with a gambler go 

Instrumental: 

D G D G D 
As verse chords x2 


[Verso 6]
 
D 
I hear that train a coming, coming round the curve, 
D 
Whistling and a blowin, 
G                    D 
straining every nerve 
                        G                   D 
Straining every nerve, straining every nerve 


[Verso 7]
 
D 
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan 
D 
She whispered low in her mother's ear 
   G                    D 
I love that gambling man 
                         G                    D 
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man 


[Verso 8]
 
D 
I gambled down in Washington i gambled down in Spain 
D 
Going down to Georgia 
G                   D 
Gambled my last game 
                       G                  D 
Gambled my last game, gambled my last game 


[Verso 9]
 
D 
I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town 
D 
Wherever I lay my money down 
G                D 
Lay my money down 
                    G             D 
Lay my money down, lay my money down 

Outro: 
G             D 
Lay my money down 
G             D 
Lay my money down