Chords for Henry Wagons "The Gambler"

[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] I [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
walk [Am] into the [F] game _ [C] like I walked into [G] an open grave [Am] and as the [F] cards were laid, _ [C] oh
I felt once again I [G] was to be [Bm] _ [Em] outplayed.
[E] _
Woken in to the devil's tomb, [Em] [F] I hoped that it would
be over _ [C] soon and I realized then [G] I could never [A] _ [G] _ _ escape [Ab] my [Am] _ fate, _ _ [A] _
_ [E] escape [G] my [Am] fate. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Back in my
_ _ [F] hotel room, _ _ [C]
oh I'd blown all my dough, [G] it happened so [D] soon [Am] it was time to pack my [F] _
bags.
_ [C] I left home
with a new suit, now [G] I'm returning in rags, [E] picking up my clothes off the hotel floor.
[Fm] I saw a glint of
green paper, one hundred dollars [G] more and [C] I knew right then [G] I could never _ [A] _ [G] escape _ _
[Ab] [Am] my fate,
_ escape [A] _
[E] _ _ [G] my [Am] _ fate. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Yeah! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh I headed on down to look at C-note floor,
[E] burned a hole in my pocket, put my head through the door [A] while we're rolling again.
Back in the [E] groove, no longer statues in the boy rock, starting a new [A] wave. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh I headed on over
to the roulette wheel, [E] I watched a few spins, start to get the [A] feel, the bar made me the sober,
offered me a [Em] beer, I sit [E] down with my green bag, all the bad times _ [A] disappear.
[Am]
Yeah!
[A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Alright Threadgills, I'm feeling lucky tonight. _
Five dollars on number 18, _ _ five dollars on number 21,
_ _ _ _ five dollars on number two, _ five dollars on number three, _ _ _ five dollars on number seven,
five dollars on number 26.
I _ _ need _ _ _ some help.
If some of the good people chowing down on meatloaf
here at Threadgills could give me a number.
_ You sir, about to hoe into some cornbread in the black
shirt, short sleeves, beard.
You know I'm looking straight at you.
What's your favorite number sir? _ _
_ _ Five dollars on lucky seven for the gentleman.
_ _ _ _ Okay there's a dude with grey hair on his mobile
phone.
How you doing?
I always trust a man in glasses.
_ I can relate, I wear them myself.
Tell me what's
your lucky number?
Five dollars on number four, thank you sir and we want one more. _ _ _ _
The dude that looks uninterested in a grey t-shirt.
I like people that could not give a damn about
what's going on stage because it makes me think that guy's got places to be, things to do,
an enigma in the room.
Tell me sir, in the black wristwatch and grey t-shirt, _ that's you.
Tell me
your lucky number?
_ _ Five dollars on number five, perfect symmetry, thank you. _
Spin that [E] wheel! _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Back [Am] at my nine to [F] _ five, _ [C] I've been saving back some money, [G] hand to mouth I stay alive, [A] but [D] as [Am] soon
as I scrape a bit [F] more, _ _ _ [C] I'll be drawn towards the [D] tables [G] on that neon [Bm] lit floor.
[G] [E] I know I [Em] should
try to break it, [F] but I know that someday, [Fm] someday I'll make [C] it and I know that I'll sit
[G] with the devil.
_ [A] _ [G] _
I can't [Ab] escape my [A] [Am] fate, _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] escape my [Am]
fate. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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