Chords for Mary McCaslin live at Don Quixote's - Ballad of Weaverville

[A] He had a finely honed sense of [F#m] poetic license.
[A]
So, _ _ we don't know. _ _
_ _ We were very flattered when the late Kate Wolf recorded this
on her Give Yourself to Love album. _
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I thought it was a year or two after I recorded it on my album,
but I guess it was longer than that.
I don't know. _ _ _
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_ I'll tell you about a gambler, folks, Jim Weaver [F#m] was his name. _
_ [D] I don't know [A] where he came from, _ gambling [F#m] was his trade. _
_ [D] Right in here [A] close beside me, I'll tell you about [E] a game. _
_ [D] The damnedest game [A] I ever did [D] in all my [F#m] years to play. _ _
_ [A] Some said they'd seen him play before down on the [F#m] Barbican _ Coast. _
_ [D] He said it might be [A] true enough, he gambled all [F#m] around. _ _ _
[D] And he'd lost his stake to a [A] jack I strayed down at [E] Sutter's Post. _ _
[D] But he'd saved a little [A] poke in case [D] of a game within [F#m] our [E] town. _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] And he loves [D] a gambler [A] running loose, running [F#m] free.
_ _ _ [D] And I felt the [A] tremble deep within when [D] I turned around [A] to see
_ _ [D] the striking [A] heart of _ me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The game was set in Daddy's tent, an honest man [F#m] you know.
_ _ _ [D] And all the boys and [A] town were set to take Jim [F#m] Weaver's pole. _
_ _ [D] Poor digging gold [A] is hard work and panning is too [E] slow. _ _
_ And [D] I saw Jim Weaver [A] smiling [D] at some little [F#m] private show. _ _
_ [A] By midnight he had all the gold the boys and [F#m] town had _ saved. _
And [D] they never caught [A] him cheating, though they watched him all [F#m] the while. _ _ _
[D] He never lost a [A] single hand in any game he [E] played. _ _ _
[D] And he never lost a [A] dollar, [D] and he never [F#m] lost his _ [E] _ smile. _
_ _ [F#m] Cause a lady [D] loves a gambler [A] smiling free, [E] smiling [F#m] wide.
_ _ _ [D] And I knew I [A] wouldn't rest till I [D] was smiling [A] by his side.
_ _ _ _ [D] Smiling as we [A]
ride. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When all the boys were busting flat, they wanted still [F#m] to play. _ _
_ [D] So they asked him what [A] was left in town to gamble [F#m] in the game. _ _
_ [D] He said he'd cut [A] high cards one time, and if he lost he'd [E] pay. _ _ _
[D] But if he won [A] they had to [D] swear to give [F#m] down his _ name. _
He [A] told my daddy he would get ten dollars on [F#m] the side. _ _ _
[D] And I would be [A] my daddy's stake if I was [F#m] so free.
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And I rode out of [A] _ Weberville next morning as [E] his bride.
_ _ _ [D] And left the town that [A] bears the name [D] of the gambling [F#m] man and me.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Cause a lady loves [D] a gambler if [A] he cheats all [F#m] the _ same. _
[D] And no one [A] saw me slip to him, [D] the ace won [A] the _ game.
And [D] gave the [F#m] town our [E] name.
_ _ _ [D] And gave the town [A] our _ name. _ _ _ _
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