Once Was a Gambler Chords by Lightnin Hopkins

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_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, you know I once was a gambler, _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ but [Bbm] I lost my [F] money wrong.
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_ _ _ _ Yeah, you know [Bb] I once was a [F] [Bb] gambler, _ _ _ _ _ but I [F] lost my money wrong. _
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_ _ _ That's the reason I [C] don't have no sweet woman.
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ Now I done lost [F] my happy home. _ _
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_ _ You take [Cm] a down [F] on Winnie Lou that no-go money.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] He sit around with his [F] head hung down. _ _ _
Winnie _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Lou that old dog-go money.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ You sit [F] around with your head hung down. _ _ _ _ _
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You'll try to [C] borrow you $50 _ to [Bb] _ _ _ _ start all over again [F] in another town.
Too late, you're going to lose your friends, don't pay no mind. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Baby, if you only will forgive me, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ I'll walk [F] down Mulder Moat. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ If you only [Bb] will forgive me, [F] baby.
[Fm] _ [Bb] Lord, how I'm waiting.
_ _ _ _ Poor Lightning [F]
won't gamble no more.
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She says, I [Ab] can't help [C] you now.
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[Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ Sold out to the devil [F] and there's no way to go.
_ _ _ And I couldn't help but cry.
I cried like this. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ She said, I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning. _ _ _ _
_ _ You know who I am.
I'm your [Fm] wife.
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_ _ _ She said, I didn't [Bb] want you to gamble, Lightning.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ You know who I am.
I [F] am your wife. _ _
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_ [C] She's looking at her brother just like he lost your money.
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] [F] You had a good chance to lose your life.
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So go [E] head on, Lightning. _ _ _ _ _