Intro  G  Bb  G  C  G

Verse 1

G                                      G7
I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around
G                              G7
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
      C        G    Bb C G 
I lay my money down

Lay my money down  lay my money down

Verse 2

G                                             G7
I had not been in Frisco many more weeks than three
G                             G7
I met up with a pretty little gal
C                     G
She fell in love with me
                     D                 G   C  G  D  G  
Fell in love with me fell in love with me

Verse 3

G                                            G7
She took me in her parlor cooled me with her fan
G                             G7
Whispered low in her mother's ear
  C                  G
I love this gambling man
                       D                  G
Love this gambling man love this gambling man

Verse 4

G                                                 G7
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so
G                   G7
Leave your dear old mother
    C              G
And with a gambler go
                  D              G  Bb  C  G
With a gambler go with a gambler go

Verse 5

G                                  C    G
My mother oh my mother you can not understand
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If you ever see me a coming back
     C                  G
I'll be with a gambling man
                    D               G   Bb  C  G
With a gambling man with a gambling man

Verse 6

G                                      C     G
I left her there in Frisco and I wound up in Maine
                      G7
I met up with a poker player
    C              G
And got in a poker game
                    D              G
Got in a poker game got in a poker game

Verse 7
                                          C     G
We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around
                                      G7
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
      C                 G
And I shot that gambler down
                      D                G    Bb  C  G
Shot the gambler down shot the gambler down

Verse 8
                                            C      G
Well now I'm in the jail house got a number for my name
                                 G7
The Warden said as he locked the door
       C                 G
You've gambled your last game
                       D                 G    Bb  C  G  
Gambled your last game gambled your last game

Outro
                       D                 G    Bb  C  G  
Gambled your last game gambled your last game