Fun. - The gambler

^CSl^Cow d^Amown, ^Gwe've got ^Ftime left to be l^Gazy All the ^Ckids have^C bloomed fro^Amm b^Gabies ^Finto flowers in o^Gur eyes. We've got ^Cfifty^C good^Am years^G left t^Fo spend out in th^Ge garden I don't c^Fare to beg your^Em pardon, We should l^Dmive ^G until we di^Ce.^{C Am G F G C C C}

We were ^Cbarely eig^Chteen when we'd^Am crossed collective h^Emear^Fts^G. It was c^Fold, but it got ^Emwarm when you'^Dmd barely crossed my^G eye. and then you ^Cturned, put ^Cout you^Amr hand, and^G you^F asked me to ^Gdance. I knew n^Fothing of r^Emomance, but it was ^Dmlove at second ^Gsight.

I ^Fswear when I grow^G up, I won't just buy you a ^Cro^Cse. ^{Am G} I will ^Fbuy the flower ^Gshop, and you will never be lo^Cne^Cly. ^{Am G F}Even if the sun stops ^Gwaking up over the fields I will not le^Cave, I will not ^Cleave 'till it'^Ams our time. So just t^Fake my hand, you know that^G I will never leave your ^Csi^Cde.

It was the ^Cwinter of ^C'86, and all th^Ame fields had froze^Emn o^Fve^Gr. So we mo^Fved to Ar^Emizona to s^Dmave our only ^Gson and now he's ^Ctu^Crnin^Amg t^Go a man, although he ^Fthinks just like his ^Gmother, he bel^Fieves we're all just^Em lovers he sees ^Dmhope in ever^Gyone.

And even ^Cthough she ^Cmoved^Am away, we a^Glways get ^Fcalls from our ^Gdaughter. She has ^Feyes just like her^Em father's they are ^Dmblue when skies are ^Ggrey And just like ^Chim, she ^Cnever ^Amstops^G, Never t^Fakes the day for ^Ggranted, ^Fworks for everything that's ^Emhanded to her, ^DmNever once comp^Glains.

^FYou think that I n^Gearly l^Cos^Ct yo^Amu ^G When the d^Foctors tried to ^Gtake you a^Cwa^Cy. ^{Am G} But like the n^Fight you took my^G hand beside the ^Cfi^Cre ^{Am G} thirty y^Fears ago^G to this d^Cay ^FYou swore you'd be here 'til we ^Gdecide that it's our time Well it's not t^Cime, you've never ^Cquit in all yo^Amur life. So just t^Fake my hand, you know that^G I'll never leave your ^Csi^Cde. ^Am You're the l^Fove of my life, you know that^G I'll never leave your ^Csi^Cde.

You come h^Come from ^Cwork^{Am G} and you k^Fiss me on the ^Geye You curse the ^Fdog you say that ^EmI should never f^Dmeed them what is o^Gurs and so we m^Cove all^C to the^Am garde^Gn look at ^Feverything we've ^Gowned now the ^Fkids are coming^Em home so ^DmI set the table ^{Em F G} You can make the f^Cire.