Intro: F 

F 
I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town 

Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down. 
                   Bb           F 
Lay my money down, lay my money down 

F 
I had not been in Washington, many more weeks than three 

‘Til I fell in love with a pretty little girl, she fell in love with me. 
                      Bb                F 
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me 

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

She whispered low in her momma's ear, “I love that gambling man. 
                        Bb                 F 
Love that gamblin' man, love that gamblin' man” 

F 
“Daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me so? 

To leave your dear old mother, and with a gambler go? 
                   Bb             F 
With a gambler go, with a gambler go?” 

F 
I've gambled down in Washington; I've gambled down in Spain 

I'm goin' down in Georgia to gamble my last game 
                     Bb             F 
Gamble my last game, gamble my last game 

F 
“Mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you well 

But the love I have for the gambling man, no human tongue can tell. 
                          Bb                  F 
No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell 

F 
I hear that train a-coming, coming 'round the curve 

A-whistling and a-blowing straining every nerve 
                       Bb              F 
Strainin' every nerve, strainin' every nerve 

F 
“Mother, oh dear mother, I'll tell you if I can 

If you ever see me comin' back, I'll be with the gambling man 
                          Bb                   F 
Be with the gambling man, be with the gambling man” 

F 
I am a roving gambler, I've gambled down in town 

Wherever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down 
                   Bb           F 
Lay my money down, lay my money down 


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