Chords for Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Roving Gambler.wmv
Tempo:
123.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#
A
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E] [B]
[E] I'm a roving gambler and a gambler down in town
Whenever I meet with [C#m] a deck of cards I lay [E] my money down
[B] Boys lay my [E] money down
I've gambled up in Washington, gambled down in Maine
I'm on [C#] my way to [G#] Georgia to knock down my last game
Boys [B] knock [E] down my last game
Well I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
[D#] Fell in [C#] love with a pretty little girl and she fell [E] in love with me
And [B] she fell in love [E] with me
She took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mama's ear, [A] I [B] love this gambling [E] man
Ma, [B] I love this [E] gambling man
[B] [E]
Well daughter, my dear daughter, how can you treat me so
To leave your [C#] poor old mama [F#m] and with this [E] gambler go
[B] And with this [E] gambler go
[B] [E] Well mama, my dear mama, you know I love you well
But the love I hold [A] for a gambling man no human [E] tongue can tell
Ma, no [B] human tongue can tell
[E]
[F#]
[B] [E]
I'd never marry a farmer, it's always in the rain
I'd rather marry [C#] a gambling man with a big [E] old watch and chain
Ma, [B] big old watch [E] and chain
[B]
[E] And I'd never marry a railroad man, the reason I tell you why
Never did see [B] a railroad [A] man, I wouldn't tell his wife a lie
Ma, I wouldn't tell [E] his wife a lie
I hear the train a-coming, coming around the curve
[C#] Whistling and a-blowing and [A] a-straining [E] every nerve
Ma, [B] a-straining every nerve
[E] It's a goodbye, goodbye mama, tell you if I can
If you [B] ever [C#m] see me coming home [F#m] again it'll be with a gambling man
Ma, be with a gambling man
[B]
[E]
[E] I'm a roving gambler and a gambler down in town
Whenever I meet with [C#m] a deck of cards I lay [E] my money down
[B] Boys lay my [E] money down
I've gambled up in Washington, gambled down in Maine
I'm on [C#] my way to [G#] Georgia to knock down my last game
Boys [B] knock [E] down my last game
Well I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
[D#] Fell in [C#] love with a pretty little girl and she fell [E] in love with me
And [B] she fell in love [E] with me
She took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mama's ear, [A] I [B] love this gambling [E] man
Ma, [B] I love this [E] gambling man
[B] [E]
Well daughter, my dear daughter, how can you treat me so
To leave your [C#] poor old mama [F#m] and with this [E] gambler go
[B] And with this [E] gambler go
[B] [E] Well mama, my dear mama, you know I love you well
But the love I hold [A] for a gambling man no human [E] tongue can tell
Ma, no [B] human tongue can tell
[E]
[F#]
[B] [E]
I'd never marry a farmer, it's always in the rain
I'd rather marry [C#] a gambling man with a big [E] old watch and chain
Ma, [B] big old watch [E] and chain
[B]
[E] And I'd never marry a railroad man, the reason I tell you why
Never did see [B] a railroad [A] man, I wouldn't tell his wife a lie
Ma, I wouldn't tell [E] his wife a lie
I hear the train a-coming, coming around the curve
[C#] Whistling and a-blowing and [A] a-straining [E] every nerve
Ma, [B] a-straining every nerve
[E] It's a goodbye, goodbye mama, tell you if I can
If you [B] ever [C#m] see me coming home [F#m] again it'll be with a gambling man
Ma, be with a gambling man
[B]
[E]
Key:
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C#m
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C#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ I'm a roving _ gambler and a gambler down in town
_ _ _ _ Whenever I meet with [C#m] a deck of cards I lay [E] my money _ down _
_ [B] Boys lay my [E] money down _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've gambled up in Washington, _ _ _ gambled down in Maine
I'm on [C#] my way to [G#] Georgia to knock down my last game
_ _ Boys [B] knock [E] down my last game _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well I had not been in Washington _ _ _ many more weeks than three
[D#] Fell in [C#] love with a pretty little girl and she fell [E] in love with me
_ _ And [B] she fell in love [E] with me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mama's ear, [A] I [B] love this gambling [E] _ man _ _
_ Ma, [B] I love this [E] gambling man _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well daughter, my dear daughter, how can you treat me so
To leave your [C#] poor old mama [F#m] and with this [E] gambler go _ _ _ _
[B] And with this [E] gambler go _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ Well mama, my dear mama, you know I love you well
But the love I hold [A] for a gambling man no human [E] tongue can tell _
Ma, no [B] human tongue can tell _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'd never marry a farmer, it's always in the rain
I'd rather marry [C#] a gambling man with a big [E] old watch and chain _ _
Ma, [B] big old watch [E] and chain
[B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ And I'd never marry a railroad man, the reason I tell you why
Never did see [B] a railroad [A] man, I wouldn't tell his wife a lie
_ _ Ma, I wouldn't tell [E] his wife a lie
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I hear the train a-coming, _ _ _ _ coming around the curve
[C#] Whistling and a-blowing and [A] a-straining [E] every nerve
_ _ Ma, [B] a-straining every nerve _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ It's a goodbye, goodbye mama, tell you if I can
If you [B] ever [C#m] see me coming home [F#m] again it'll be with a gambling man
_ _ Ma, _ _ be with a gambling man _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ I'm a roving _ gambler and a gambler down in town
_ _ _ _ Whenever I meet with [C#m] a deck of cards I lay [E] my money _ down _
_ [B] Boys lay my [E] money down _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've gambled up in Washington, _ _ _ gambled down in Maine
I'm on [C#] my way to [G#] Georgia to knock down my last game
_ _ Boys [B] knock [E] down my last game _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well I had not been in Washington _ _ _ many more weeks than three
[D#] Fell in [C#] love with a pretty little girl and she fell [E] in love with me
_ _ And [B] she fell in love [E] with me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She took me in her parlor, she cooled me with her fan
She whispered low in her mama's ear, [A] I [B] love this gambling [E] _ man _ _
_ Ma, [B] I love this [E] gambling man _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well daughter, my dear daughter, how can you treat me so
To leave your [C#] poor old mama [F#m] and with this [E] gambler go _ _ _ _
[B] And with this [E] gambler go _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ Well mama, my dear mama, you know I love you well
But the love I hold [A] for a gambling man no human [E] tongue can tell _
Ma, no [B] human tongue can tell _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'd never marry a farmer, it's always in the rain
I'd rather marry [C#] a gambling man with a big [E] old watch and chain _ _
Ma, [B] big old watch [E] and chain
[B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ And I'd never marry a railroad man, the reason I tell you why
Never did see [B] a railroad [A] man, I wouldn't tell his wife a lie
_ _ Ma, I wouldn't tell [E] his wife a lie
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I hear the train a-coming, _ _ _ _ coming around the curve
[C#] Whistling and a-blowing and [A] a-straining [E] every nerve
_ _ Ma, [B] a-straining every nerve _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ It's a goodbye, goodbye mama, tell you if I can
If you [B] ever [C#m] see me coming home [F#m] again it'll be with a gambling man
_ _ Ma, _ _ be with a gambling man _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _