Chords for Stanley Brothers - Roving Gambler - Live August 7 1956
Tempo:
127.6 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
Gm
Cm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
I am a roving gambler, gambled all around, [Eb]
wherever I [Bb] meet a deck of [Eb] cards, I lay my [Bb] money down.
Lay my money down, lay my money down.
Well I had been in Fresco many more weeks than three, [Eb] till I fell in [Bb] love with a Berlin [Eb] girl I had to [Bb] meet.
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me.
She took me in her parlor, she called me with a fan, [Eb] she whispered [Bb] more in her [Eb] mother's ear, love the gambling [Bb] man.
Love the gambling man, love the gambling man.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
My daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me [Eb] so?
Leave your dear [Gm] old mother, [Eb]
where'll the [Bb] gambler go?
Where'd the gambler go, where'd the gambler go?
My mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you [Cm] well, but the love I have for [Bb] that gambling [Eb] man's human [Bb] tongue.
No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell.
We started out in Fresco, now we're in Dublin, [Eb] there I met [Bb] with a gambling [Eb] man, got in a [Bb] poker game.
Got in a poker game, [F] got [Bb] in a poker game.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
They put the money in the pot and dealt the cards around.
[Eb] I saw him kneel [Bb] from the bottom of the [Eb] deck, so I shot the [Bb] gambler down.
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down.
Down, down in Fresco, got a number for my name.
[Eb] And the warden said, [Bb] now lock the door, [Eb] you gambled your [Bb] last game.
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game.
I've gambled out in Washington, gambled over in Spain, [Eb] going back [Bb] to Georgia [Eb] to gamble my [Bb] last game.
Gambled my last game, gambled my last game.
[G] [N]
[Eb]
[Bb]
I am a roving gambler, gambled all around, [Eb]
wherever I [Bb] meet a deck of [Eb] cards, I lay my [Bb] money down.
Lay my money down, lay my money down.
Well I had been in Fresco many more weeks than three, [Eb] till I fell in [Bb] love with a Berlin [Eb] girl I had to [Bb] meet.
Fell in love with me, fell in love with me.
She took me in her parlor, she called me with a fan, [Eb] she whispered [Bb] more in her [Eb] mother's ear, love the gambling [Bb] man.
Love the gambling man, love the gambling man.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
My daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me [Eb] so?
Leave your dear [Gm] old mother, [Eb]
where'll the [Bb] gambler go?
Where'd the gambler go, where'd the gambler go?
My mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you [Cm] well, but the love I have for [Bb] that gambling [Eb] man's human [Bb] tongue.
No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell.
We started out in Fresco, now we're in Dublin, [Eb] there I met [Bb] with a gambling [Eb] man, got in a [Bb] poker game.
Got in a poker game, [F] got [Bb] in a poker game.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
They put the money in the pot and dealt the cards around.
[Eb] I saw him kneel [Bb] from the bottom of the [Eb] deck, so I shot the [Bb] gambler down.
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down.
Down, down in Fresco, got a number for my name.
[Eb] And the warden said, [Bb] now lock the door, [Eb] you gambled your [Bb] last game.
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game.
I've gambled out in Washington, gambled over in Spain, [Eb] going back [Bb] to Georgia [Eb] to gamble my [Bb] last game.
Gambled my last game, gambled my last game.
[G] [N]
Key:
Bb
Eb
Gm
Cm
F
Bb
Eb
Gm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I am a roving gambler, gambled all around, [Eb]
wherever I [Bb] meet a deck of [Eb] cards, I lay my [Bb] money down. _
_ Lay my money down, lay my money down.
_ _ _ _ Well I had been in Fresco many more weeks than three, [Eb] till I fell in [Bb] love with a Berlin [Eb] girl I had to [Bb] meet. _ _
_ _ Fell in love with me, fell in love with me.
_ _ _ She took me in her parlor, she called me with a fan, [Eb] she whispered [Bb] more in her [Eb] mother's ear, love the gambling [Bb] man.
_ _ Love the gambling man, love the gambling man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me [Eb] so?
Leave your dear [Gm] old mother, [Eb]
where'll the [Bb] gambler go?
_ _ Where'd the gambler go, where'd the gambler go? _ _
_ My mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you [Cm] well, but the love I have for [Bb] that gambling [Eb] man's human [Bb] tongue.
_ _ No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell. _ _
_ We started out in Fresco, now we're in Dublin, [Eb] there I met [Bb] with a gambling [Eb] man, got in a [Bb] poker game.
_ _ Got in a poker game, [F] got [Bb] in a poker game. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ They put the money in the pot and dealt the cards around.
[Eb] I saw him kneel [Bb] from the bottom of the [Eb] deck, so I shot the [Bb] gambler down. _ _
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down.
_ _ _ Down, down in Fresco, got a number for my name.
[Eb] And the warden said, [Bb] now lock the door, [Eb] you gambled your [Bb] last game. _ _
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game.
_ _ _ I've gambled out in Washington, gambled over in Spain, [Eb] going back [Bb] to Georgia [Eb] to gamble my [Bb] last game. _ _
Gambled my last game, gambled my last game.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I am a roving gambler, gambled all around, [Eb]
wherever I [Bb] meet a deck of [Eb] cards, I lay my [Bb] money down. _
_ Lay my money down, lay my money down.
_ _ _ _ Well I had been in Fresco many more weeks than three, [Eb] till I fell in [Bb] love with a Berlin [Eb] girl I had to [Bb] meet. _ _
_ _ Fell in love with me, fell in love with me.
_ _ _ She took me in her parlor, she called me with a fan, [Eb] she whispered [Bb] more in her [Eb] mother's ear, love the gambling [Bb] man.
_ _ Love the gambling man, love the gambling man. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ My daughter, oh dear daughter, how can you treat me [Eb] so?
Leave your dear [Gm] old mother, [Eb]
where'll the [Bb] gambler go?
_ _ Where'd the gambler go, where'd the gambler go? _ _
_ My mother, oh dear mother, you know I love you [Cm] well, but the love I have for [Bb] that gambling [Eb] man's human [Bb] tongue.
_ _ No human tongue can tell, no human tongue can tell. _ _
_ We started out in Fresco, now we're in Dublin, [Eb] there I met [Bb] with a gambling [Eb] man, got in a [Bb] poker game.
_ _ Got in a poker game, [F] got [Bb] in a poker game. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ They put the money in the pot and dealt the cards around.
[Eb] I saw him kneel [Bb] from the bottom of the [Eb] deck, so I shot the [Bb] gambler down. _ _
Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down.
_ _ _ Down, down in Fresco, got a number for my name.
[Eb] And the warden said, [Bb] now lock the door, [Eb] you gambled your [Bb] last game. _ _
Gambled your last game, gambled your last game.
_ _ _ I've gambled out in Washington, gambled over in Spain, [Eb] going back [Bb] to Georgia [Eb] to gamble my [Bb] last game. _ _
Gambled my last game, gambled my last game.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [N] _