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C                                       F 
Aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 
       G                                    G7            C 
If the gambling went to morning, that's how late my daddy stayed 
                                         F 
He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made 
    G                                       G7            C 
And aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 


                          F 
Some say that daddy was a good for nothing man 
    G                                    G7           C 
But he'd come home each morning with the money in his hand 
                                       F 
There was chicken on the table and the rent was always paid 
           G7 
From those aces, straights and flushes 
                         C 
That's the game my daddy played 



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                                        F 
Aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 
       G                                    G7            C 
If the gambling went to morning, that's how late my daddy stayed 
                                         F 
He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made 
    G                                       G7            C 
And aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 


                               F 
Oh mama, she ran off with some fast talking man 
    G                              G7              C 
And daddy took to gambling just to feed our little clan 
                               F 
Sometimes it was blackjack and sometimes seven stud 
    G7 
But aces, straights, and flushes 
                          C 
Well, they ran in daddy's blood 


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                                        F 
Aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 
       G                                    G7            C 
If the gambling went to morning, that's how late my daddy stayed 
                                         F 
He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made 
    G                                       G7            C 
And aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 


                              F 
Then came the time that daddy played his biggest game 
        G                       G7            C 
For the love of a woman and the honour of her name 
                                       F 
And when the smoke had cleared and the cards had all been played 
   G7                                         C 
My daddy gave up gambling and took up the trombone 




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                                        F 
Aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played 
       G                                    G7            C 
If the gambling went to morning, that's how late my daddy stayed 
                                         F 
He bought shoes for all us kids with the money that he made 
    G                                       G7            C 
And aces, straights and flushes, that's the game my daddy played