Fun. - The gambler

^GSl^G/F#ow do^Emwn, ^Dwe've got ^Ctime left to be l^Dazy All the kids have bloome^Gd ^G/F#from ^Embabies^D into fl^Cowers in our e^Dyes. We've got ^Gfifty^G/F# good ^Emyears ^Dleft to^C spend out in the^D garden I don't c^Care to beg your^Bm pardon, We should l^Amive ^D until we di^Ge.^{G/F# Em D C D G G/F# G}

We were ^Gbarely eig^Dhteen when we'd cr^Cossed collective he^Gar^Amts.^Bm It was c^Cold, but it got ^Bmwarm when you'^Amd barely crossed my^D eye. and then you ^Gturned, put ^G/F#out your^Em hand, and^D you^C asked me to ^Gdance. I knew n^Cothing of r^Bmomance, but it was ^Amlove at second ^Dsight.

I ^Cswear when I grow^D up, I won't just buy you a ^Gro^G/F#se. ^{Em D} I will ^Cbuy the flower ^Dshop, and you will never be lo^Gne^G/F#ly. ^{Em D C}Even if the sun stops ^Dwaking up over the fields I will not le^Gave, I will not ^B7leave 'till it^Em's our time. So just t^Cake my hand, you know that^D I will never leave your ^Gsi^G/F#de. ^{Em D C D G G/F# G}

It was the ^Gwinter of ^D'86, and all ^Cthe fields had fr^Goz^Amen ^Bmover. So we mo^Cved to Ar^Bmizona to s^Amave our only ^Dson and now he's ^Gtu^G/F#rning^Em to^D a man, although he ^Cthinks just like his ^Gmother, he bel^Cieves we're all just^Bm lovers he sees ^Amhope in ever^Dyone.

And even ^Gthough she ^G/F#moved ^Emaway, we a^Dlways get ^Ccalls from our ^Gdaughter. She has ^Ceyes just like her^Bm father's they are ^Amblue when skies are ^Dgrey And just like ^Ghim, she ^G/F#never s^Emtops,^D Never t^Cakes the day for ^Ggranted, ^Cworks for everything that's ^Bmhanded to her, ^AmNever once comp^Dlains.

^CYou think that I n^Dearly l^Gos^G/F#t you^{Em D} When the d^Coctors tried to ^Dtake you a^Gwa^G/F#y. ^{Em D} But like the n^Cight you took my^D hand beside the ^Gfi^G/F#re ^{Em D} thirty y^Cears ago^D to this d^Gay ^CYou swore you'd be here 'til we ^Ddecide that it's our time Well it's not t^Gime, you've never ^B7/F#quit in all your^Em life. So just t^Cake my hand, you know that^D I'll never leave your ^Gsid^B7/F#e. ^Em You're the l^Cove of my life, you know that^D I'll never leave your ^Gsi^G/F#de. ^{Em D C D G G/F#}

You come h^Gome from ^G/F#work ^{Em D} and you k^Ciss me on the ^Geye You curse the ^Cdog you say that ^BmI should never f^Ameed them what is o^Durs and so we m^Gove all^G/F# to the ^Emgarden^D look at ^Ceverything we've ^Ggrown now the ^Ckids are coming^Bm home so ^AmI set the table^{Am Bm C D} You can make the f^Gire.