Key: G
Introduction:
G C
I met a gamblin? man, I cooled him with my fan
Em D C
He?d just come in from Carroll, but only for a night or two
G C
And he was on a roll, shining like Pharaoh?s gold. He said
Em D G
Why don?cha put your little hand in the hand of the Gamblin? Man
Em C G D Em C D C
Now if I lose, if I lose, let me lose, let me lose. If I lose, if I lose, let me lose.
G C
So I went to Mama?s house, yeah she tried to talk me out
Em D C
As she broke down hard ?bout the houses in New Orleans
G C
She said you gotta listen Pearl, Hey you?re just a Jackson girl
Em D G
Now don?t you put your little hand in the hand of the Gamblin? Man
Em C G D Em C D C
Now if I lose, if I lose, let me lose, let me lose. If I lose, if I lose, let me lose.
G C
And when my Dad got home, and gathered what was going on
Em D C
There was something in the color of his eyes went from sky to sea
G C
He said he?s going to treat you sweet and then he?ll leave you on Bourbon Street
Em D G
Now don?t you put your little hand in the hand of the Gamblin? Man
Em C G D Em C D
But if I lose, if I lose, let me lose, let me lose. If I lose, if I lose, let me lose.
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But maybe I?m a gambler too
G C
And that?s why I love the Gamblin? man, I love to cool him with my fan
Em D C
There ain?t nothing in this world makes a girl feel like a queen Yeahhh
G C
And when he?s on a roll, and shining like Pharaoh?s gold
Em D C
I?m gonna put my little hand in the hand of the Gamblin? Man Heyyyyyy
Em D G
I?m gonna put my little hand in the hand of the Gamblin? Man