Merle Haggard - Kentucky gambler 2

^GI wanted more from life, than f^Cour kids and a wife And a j^Gob in a ^Ddark Kentucky ^Gmine. A twenty acre farm, with ^Ca shackey house and barn Thats ^Gall I had and a^Dll I left b^Gehind

^GBut at gambling, I was lucky, and s^Co I left Kentucky ^GAnd left behind my ^Dwoman and my ^Gkids ^GInto the gay casinos, of Ne^Cvada's town of Reno ^GThis Kentucky Gambler ^Dplanned to get rich q^Guick

^GKentucky gambler wh^Co's gonna love ^Dyour woman in Kentu^Gcky ^CYeah and who'^Gs going to be the^D one to give ^Gher all she needs. ^GKentucky gamb^Cler, who's going^D to raise your childr^Gen in Kentucky ^CAnd who's going t^Go keep them fe^Dd and keep them shoes^G on their feet

^GThere at the gambler's Paradise, L^Cady luck was on my side ^Gand this Kentucky gambler p^Dlayed just ^Gright ^GYeah I won at everything I played - I^C really thought I had it made ^GBut I should have q^Duit and gone on home that n^Gight

^GBut when you love the green backed dollar, so^Crrow always bound tofollow and^G Reno's dreams fade i^Dnto neon amber ^{G G}And Lady Luck, she'll lead you on She'll ^Cstay a while, and then she's gone ^GYou better go on ^Dhome, Kentucky g^Gambler

^GBut a gambler never seems to stop, till he l^Coses all he's got a^Gnd with a money - ^Dhungry fever, I played ^Gon ^GI played till I'd lost all I'd won, I^C was right back where I'd started from. T^Ghen I started^D wanting - to go^G home

^GKentucky g^Cambler, there ain't ^Dnobody, waiting in K^Gentucky ^CWhen I ran^G out, someb^Dody else walked i^Gn ^GKentucky gambler^C, looks like you ai^Dn't really very luck^Gy ^CAnd it seems to^G me a gambler lose^Ds much more than h^Ge wins much ^Dmore than he w^Gins.