FUN. LYRICS "The Gambler" NOTE: I figured this out with a piano, not a guitar. It should not make any difference, but I do not know if there is an easier way to play it with a capo. Those are the chords in standard tuning, if you want to play with a capo, you will have to transpose it by yourself. The notes connected with a dash are triplets, the others are played within normal beats. The notes in the bass line are optional, but they do create a scale downwards from Bb to F, which is a nice effect That should be all you need to know about the song, now play! Intro: Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb

^BbSlo^Dm/Aw ^Gmdown, ^Bb/Fwe've got ^Ebtime left to be ^Flazy All the ^Bbkids have ^Dm/Abloomed from ^Gmbabies ^Bb/Finto ^Ebflowers in our ^Feyes We've got ^Bbfifty ^Dm/Agood ^Gmyears ^Bb/Fleft to ^Ebspend out in the ^Fgarden I don't ^Ebcare to beg your ^Dmpardon, we should ^Cmlive^F until we ^Bbdie^Dm/A ^Gm ^Bb/F ^Eb ^F ^Bb ^Dm/A ^Bb

Bb Dm/A Gm Dm-Eb-F We were barely eighteen when we crossed collective hearts

It was ^Ebcold, but it got ^Dmwarm when you ^Cmbarely crossed my ^Feye And then you ^Bbturned, put ^Dm/Aout your ^Gmhand, ^Bb/Fand you^Eb asked me to ^Fdance I knew ^Ebnothing of ro^Dmmance, but it was ^Cmlove at second ^Fsight

I ^Ebswear when I grow ^Fup I won't just buy you a ^Bbros^Dm/Ae ^Gm ^Bb/F I will ^Ebbuy the flower ^Fshop, and you will never be ^Bblon^Dm/Aely ^Gm ^Bb/F For ^Ebeven if the sun stops waking ^Fup over the fields I will not ^Bbleave, I will not ^Dm/Aleave 'til it's our ^Gmtime So just ^Ebtake my hand, you know that ^FI will never leave your ^Bbsid^Dm/Ae ^Gm ^Bb/F ^Eb ^F ^Bb ^Dm/A ^Bb Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb

Bb Dm/A Gm Dm-Eb-F It was the winter of '86, all the fields had frozen over

So we ^Ebmoved to Ari^Dmzona to ^Cmsave our only ^Fson And now he's ^Bbturned in^Dm/Ato a ^Gmman^Bb/F, though he ^Ebthinks just like his ^Fmother He be^Eblieves we're all just ^Dmlovers, he sees ^Cmhope in every^Fone

And even ^Bbthough she ^Dm/Amoved a^Gmway, we ^Bb/Falways ^Ebget calls from our ^Fdaughter She has ^Ebeyes just like her ^Dmfather's, they are ^Cmblue when skies are ^Fgray And just like ^Bbhim she ^Dm/Anever ^Gmstops^Bb/F, never ^Ebtakes the day for ^Fgranted Works for ^Ebeverything that's ^Dmhanded to her, ^Cmnever once ^Fcomplains

^EbYou think that I ^Fnearly ^Bblost ^Dm/Ayou ^Gm ^Bb/F when the ^Ebdoctors tried to ^Ftake you a^Bbway^Dm/A ^Gm ^Bb/F Like the ^Ebnight you took my ^Fhand beside the ^Bbfir^Dm/Ae ^Gm ^Bb/F thirty ^Ebyears ago^F to this ^Bbday, ^EbYou swore you'd be here 'til we de^Fcide that it's our time But it's not ^Bbtime, you never ^Dm/Aquit in all your ^Gmlife So just ^Ebtake my hand, you know that ^FI will never leave your ^Bbside^Dm/A ^Gm You're the ^Eblove of my life, you know that ^FI will never leave your side

Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb Bb Dm/A Gm Bb/F Eb F Bb Dm/A Bb Eb Dm Cm Dm-Eb-F Eb Dm C F

You come ^Bbhome ^Dm/Afrom ^Gmwork^Bb/F, and you ^Ebkiss me on the ^Feye You curse the ^Ebdog, you say that ^DmI should never ^Cmfeed them what is ^Fours So we ^Bbmove out ^Dm/Ato the ^Gmgarden^Bb/F, look at ^Ebeverything we've ^Fgrown Eb Dm Cm Cm-Dm-Eb F Bb And the kids are coming home so I'll set the table; you can make the fire

Fun. - The gambler