Intro: G 

G           
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around 

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards 
  C            G 
I lay my money down 
                   C 
Lay my money down, lay my money down 

G 
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three 

I met up with a pretty little girl 
    C                 G 
She fell in love with me 
                      C 
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me 

G 
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan 

She whispered low in her mother's ear 
  C                  G 
I love that gambling man 
                        C 
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man 

G 
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so? 

Leave your dear old mother 
    C              G 
And with a gambler go 
                   C 
With a gambler go, with a gambler go 

G 
My mother oh dear mother you can not understand 

If you ever see me a coming back 
     C                  G 
I'll be with a gambling man 
                     C 
With a gambling man, with a gambling man 

G 
I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine 

I met up with a gambling man 
C              G 
Got in a poker game 
                     C 
Got in a poker game, got in a poker game 

G 
We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around 

I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck 
      C                 G 
And I shot that gambler down 
                       C 
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down 

G 
Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name 

The Warden said as he locked the door 
      C                  G 
You've gambled your last game 
                        C 
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game 

G 
I am a roving gambler I gambled all around 

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards 
  C            G 
I lay my money down 
                   C 
Lay my money down, lay my money down