Chords for J.D. Crowe & The New South - Roving Gambler

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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I have a road to carry, I've got a hall to prowl,
When it is rough, just dig my [C] car, lay my [G] money _ _ _ _ _ _ down, lay my money down.
_ _ I had a friend, _ a friend for me, a friend of love, a friend of [C] love,
A [G] _ friend _ _ of love for me, a friend of love for me. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well she took the tune apart, she couldn't be quite the same,
She was the boy and the mother's heir, [C] love to [G] gamblin' man,
_ _ Love to gamblin' [D] man, love to [G] gamblin' man. _ _ _
Now upon the bull-dead start, he's the right love,
Put another half on the gamblin' [C] man and give him [G] a ticket.
_ _ Don't give the time to tell, don't give the time to tell. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ Now to the poor dear brother, he's the right love,
Put another half on the gamblin' man [C] and give him [G] a ticket.
_ _ _ Don't give the time to tell, don't give the time to tell.
_ Well he started out, _ how well that was made,
There he did the gamblin' man, got him in a poker game,
_ _ Got him in a poker game, got him in a poker game.
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ _ Well he put the money at the pot, and he held the card around,
Well he saw him do some bumpin' and [C] he shot the gambler down,
[G] _ _
He shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down.
_ _ We'll bow down to the Lord,
Scalding on the floor,
_ We'll avoid the sin,
But we'll lock the door,
[C] And we'll never [G] let it pass. _ _
And we'll do like Steve,
And we'll do like Paul.
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