Merle Haggard - Kentucky Gambler Chords
Tempo:
99.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] I [Eb]
[Ab] wanted more from life [Db] than four kids and a wife [Ab] and a job in a dark Kentucky mine.
A twenty acre farm, [Db] a shacky house and barn, [Ab] that's all I had and all I left behind.
But at gambling I was lucky [Db] and so I left Kentucky [Ab] and left [Eb] behind my woman [Ab] and my kids.
Into the gay casino [Db] in Nevada's town of Reno, [Ab] this Kentucky [Eb] gambler planned to [Ab] get rich quick.
Kentucky gambler, [Db] who's gonna love your woman [Ab] in Kentucky?
[Db] Yeah, and who's gonna be the one to [Eb] give her everything [Ab] she needs?
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna [Eb] raise your children in Kentucky?
[Db] Hey, who's gonna [Ab] keep them fed and [Eb] keep them shoes [Ab] on their feet?
There at the gambler's [Db] paradise, lady luck was on my [Ab] side and this [Eb] Kentucky gambler [Ab] played just right.
Hey, I wanted everything I [Db] played, I really thought I had it [Ab] made, but I should have quit [Eb] and gone on [Ab] home that night.
But when you love the greenback [Db] dollar, sorrow's always bound to [Ab] follow and Reno's [Eb] dreams fade into [Ab] neon amber.
And lady luck, she'll eat you on, [Db] she'll stay a while and then she's [Ab] gone, you better go on [Eb] home Kentucky [Ab] gambler.
But a gambler never seems to stop, [Db] till he loses all he's got.
[Ab] And with a money [Eb] hungry fever I [Ab] played on.
I played till I'd lost all at one, [Db] I was right back where I'd started from.
[Ab] Then I started [Eb] wanting to go [Ab] home.
Kentucky gambler, [Db] there ain't nobody [Eb] waiting [Ab] in Kentucky.
When [Db] I ran out somebody [Ab] else walked in.
Kentucky [Db] gambler, looks like you [Eb] ain't very, [Ab] very lucky.
And it [Db] seems to [Ab] me a gambler [Eb] loses much [Ab] more than he wins, much more than he wins.
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] I [Eb]
[Ab] wanted more from life [Db] than four kids and a wife [Ab] and a job in a dark Kentucky mine.
A twenty acre farm, [Db] a shacky house and barn, [Ab] that's all I had and all I left behind.
But at gambling I was lucky [Db] and so I left Kentucky [Ab] and left [Eb] behind my woman [Ab] and my kids.
Into the gay casino [Db] in Nevada's town of Reno, [Ab] this Kentucky [Eb] gambler planned to [Ab] get rich quick.
Kentucky gambler, [Db] who's gonna love your woman [Ab] in Kentucky?
[Db] Yeah, and who's gonna be the one to [Eb] give her everything [Ab] she needs?
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna [Eb] raise your children in Kentucky?
[Db] Hey, who's gonna [Ab] keep them fed and [Eb] keep them shoes [Ab] on their feet?
There at the gambler's [Db] paradise, lady luck was on my [Ab] side and this [Eb] Kentucky gambler [Ab] played just right.
Hey, I wanted everything I [Db] played, I really thought I had it [Ab] made, but I should have quit [Eb] and gone on [Ab] home that night.
But when you love the greenback [Db] dollar, sorrow's always bound to [Ab] follow and Reno's [Eb] dreams fade into [Ab] neon amber.
And lady luck, she'll eat you on, [Db] she'll stay a while and then she's [Ab] gone, you better go on [Eb] home Kentucky [Ab] gambler.
But a gambler never seems to stop, [Db] till he loses all he's got.
[Ab] And with a money [Eb] hungry fever I [Ab] played on.
I played till I'd lost all at one, [Db] I was right back where I'd started from.
[Ab] Then I started [Eb] wanting to go [Ab] home.
Kentucky gambler, [Db] there ain't nobody [Eb] waiting [Ab] in Kentucky.
When [Db] I ran out somebody [Ab] else walked in.
Kentucky [Db] gambler, looks like you [Eb] ain't very, [Ab] very lucky.
And it [Db] seems to [Ab] me a gambler [Eb] loses much [Ab] more than he wins, much more than he wins.
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[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] I [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ wanted _ _ more from life [Db] than four kids and a wife [Ab] and a job in a dark Kentucky mine.
_ A twenty acre farm, [Db] a shacky house and barn, [Ab] that's all I had and all I left behind.
_ But at gambling I was lucky [Db] and so I left Kentucky [Ab] and left [Eb] behind my woman [Ab] and my kids.
_ _ Into the gay casino [Db] in Nevada's town of Reno, [Ab] this Kentucky [Eb] gambler planned to [Ab] get rich quick.
_ _ Kentucky gambler, [Db] who's gonna love your woman [Ab] in Kentucky?
[Db] Yeah, and who's gonna be the one to [Eb] give her everything [Ab] she needs? _ _
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna [Eb] raise your children in Kentucky?
[Db] Hey, who's gonna [Ab] keep them fed and [Eb] keep them shoes [Ab] on their feet?
_ There at the gambler's [Db] paradise, lady luck was on my [Ab] side and this [Eb] Kentucky gambler [Ab] played just right.
_ Hey, I wanted everything I [Db] played, I really thought I had it [Ab] made, but I should have quit [Eb] and gone on [Ab] home that night.
_ But when you love the greenback [Db] dollar, sorrow's always bound to [Ab] follow and Reno's [Eb] dreams fade into [Ab] neon amber.
_ And lady luck, she'll eat you on, [Db] she'll stay a while and then she's [Ab] gone, you better go on [Eb] home Kentucky [Ab] gambler. _
_ But a gambler never seems to stop, [Db] till he loses all he's got.
[Ab] And with a money [Eb] hungry fever I [Ab] played on. _
I played till I'd lost all at one, [Db] I was right back where I'd started from.
[Ab] Then I started [Eb] wanting to go [Ab] home.
_ Kentucky gambler, [Db] there ain't nobody [Eb] waiting [Ab] in Kentucky.
When [Db] I ran out somebody [Ab] else walked in. _
_ Kentucky [Db] gambler, looks like you [Eb] ain't very, [Ab] very lucky.
And it [Db] seems to [Ab] me a gambler [Eb] loses much [Ab] more than he _ wins, much more than he wins. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] I [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ wanted _ _ more from life [Db] than four kids and a wife [Ab] and a job in a dark Kentucky mine.
_ A twenty acre farm, [Db] a shacky house and barn, [Ab] that's all I had and all I left behind.
_ But at gambling I was lucky [Db] and so I left Kentucky [Ab] and left [Eb] behind my woman [Ab] and my kids.
_ _ Into the gay casino [Db] in Nevada's town of Reno, [Ab] this Kentucky [Eb] gambler planned to [Ab] get rich quick.
_ _ Kentucky gambler, [Db] who's gonna love your woman [Ab] in Kentucky?
[Db] Yeah, and who's gonna be the one to [Eb] give her everything [Ab] she needs? _ _
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna [Eb] raise your children in Kentucky?
[Db] Hey, who's gonna [Ab] keep them fed and [Eb] keep them shoes [Ab] on their feet?
_ There at the gambler's [Db] paradise, lady luck was on my [Ab] side and this [Eb] Kentucky gambler [Ab] played just right.
_ Hey, I wanted everything I [Db] played, I really thought I had it [Ab] made, but I should have quit [Eb] and gone on [Ab] home that night.
_ But when you love the greenback [Db] dollar, sorrow's always bound to [Ab] follow and Reno's [Eb] dreams fade into [Ab] neon amber.
_ And lady luck, she'll eat you on, [Db] she'll stay a while and then she's [Ab] gone, you better go on [Eb] home Kentucky [Ab] gambler. _
_ But a gambler never seems to stop, [Db] till he loses all he's got.
[Ab] And with a money [Eb] hungry fever I [Ab] played on. _
I played till I'd lost all at one, [Db] I was right back where I'd started from.
[Ab] Then I started [Eb] wanting to go [Ab] home.
_ Kentucky gambler, [Db] there ain't nobody [Eb] waiting [Ab] in Kentucky.
When [Db] I ran out somebody [Ab] else walked in. _
_ Kentucky [Db] gambler, looks like you [Eb] ain't very, [Ab] very lucky.
And it [Db] seems to [Ab] me a gambler [Eb] loses much [Ab] more than he _ wins, much more than he wins. _ _ _ _ _ _
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