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The Ballad Of Weaverville

Tom: G

Introdução: G    Em    C    G    Em    C    G    D    C    G    C    Em    C    D    Em    

                             G                                                                                                                                  Em  
Well, I'll tell you 'bout a gambler, folks, Jim Weaver was his name
                C                                                 G                                                                             Em  
And I don't know where he came from, but gambling was his trade
             C                                      G                                                                              D  
Ride in here close beside me, I'll tell you about a game
          C                                            G                                    C         D                 Em              C  D7Em  
The damnedest game in all my years I ever did see played
             G                                                                                                                                     Em  
Some said they'd seen him play before down on the Barbary Coast
        C                                              G                                                                                             Em  
He said that might be true enough, 'cause he'd gambled all around
                  C                                                 G                                                                                         D  
And he lost his stake to a jack high straight out at Sutter's Fort
                        C                                                 G                              C                                      D         D2  D4  D  
But he'd saved a little poke in case of a game within our town
                Em                                                                         G                                Em  
And a lady loves a gambler, running loose, running free
     C                                    G                                                                                        Em  
I felt a tremble deep inside when I turned around to see
                  C                 D                 Em         C  D7Em        C  D7Em  
He was looking hard at me
                     G                                                                                                                          Em  
Now the game was set in daddy's tent, an honest man, you know
          C                                      G                                                                                     Em  
And all the boys in town were set to take Jim Weaver's gold
                  C                                      G                                                                         D  
'Cause digging gold is hard work and panning is too slow
                C                                    G                         C                            D                 Em              C  D7Em  
And I saw Jim Weaver smiling at some little private joke
                        G                                                                                                                                          Em  
Well, by midnight he had all the gold that the boys in town had saved
             C                                         G                                                                                                        Em  
They never caught him cheating, though they watched him all the while
                  C                              G                                                                    D  
And he never lost a single hand at any game he played
        C                              G                                                    C                                         D         D2  D4  D  
He never lost a dollar, boys, and he never lost his smile
                Em                                                                         G                             Em  
And a lady loves a gambler, smiling free, smiling wide
     C                                      G                                                                          Em  
I knew I wouldn't rest 'til I was smiling by his side
C                 D                 Em         C  D7Em        C  D7Em  
Smiling as we'd ride
             G                                                                                                                                             Em  
Soon all the boys were busted flat, but they wanted still to play
                     C                                         G                                                                          Em  
So they asked Jim Weaver what was left to gamble in the game
        C                                              G                                                                                         D  
He said he'd cut high cards one time and if he lost he'd pay
          C                                    G                                      C                    D                    Em         C  D7Em  
But if he won they had to swear to give the town his name
                  G                                                                                                                  Em  
And he told my daddy he would bet ten dollars on the side
          C                                 G                                                                        Em  
And I could be my daddy's stake, if I would so agree
                  C                         G                                                                                 D  
And I rode out of Weaverville next morning as his bride
                C                                              G                                                                              C                 D      D2  D4  D  
And I left the town that bears the name of the gambling man and me
                Em                                                                 G                                Em  
And a lady loves a gambler if he cheats all the same
          C                                 G                                                                                D  
And no one saw me slip to him the ace that won the game
          C                    D                    Em         C  D7Em  
And gave the town our name