Key: G
Introduction: G Bb G C G
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
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
G7
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