Chords for Bessie Smith-Dying Gambler's Blues

[Fm] _ _ [Abm] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Abm] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Oh, you _ nice [C] men, _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ listen [E] to what [Eb] I'm [Am] _ trying _ [C] to say.
_ _ My best friend [D] is [B] died [C] _ today. _
_ _ This morning I left [B] at half _ [G] past nine.
[C] _ _ _ All the _ [D] gamblers _ [G] _ formed a line. _
[C] _ One [E] _ kneels down [B] and _ tries [C] to pray. _
_ _ My _ best [Bm] friend is passed [Em] away.
_ [G] _
Last night I heard my man cry. _ _ _ _ _
Everybody _ [B] _ says he [G] was shot. _ _ _
Oh _ me, _ _ _ oh me, _ _ [C] _ [F] they _ cried.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ All [Dm] the women, [Am] they _ cried.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Nearly the [B] children, [Am] they cried.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] When [G] my man died, _ [C] _ _
nobody _ wants to [D] see a [C] good _ gambler die. _ _ _
My [Gb] man [E] said, _ _ [B] _
[Em] before he died, _ _
[C] he's a dead good cause.
[D] _ _
And [G] his son, [C] _ he a [E] dead good die.
_ _ [Am]
On his [G] death, _ [F] he's one [C] more good gambler [D] and [G] he's told [C] to rest.
_ Oh me, _ [E] _ _ oh _ _ me, _ _ _ [Fm] have _ mercy, _ _ _ _ [A] have mercy.
_ _ _ [C] Oh me, _
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] I ain't got _
_ _ [G] nobody _ [D] _ to pity.
_ _ [G] Oh me, [N] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G]
I _ _ [C] _ fell _ down on [E] my knees.
_ [A] _
I wring my hands and I [F] wanted to.
[Em] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
Because [C] there's _ _ [A] _ _
[D] nobody wants to [G] see a good [C] gambler die.
_ _ _ [B] _ [Db] _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _