{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2111685,"song":"Kentucky Gambler 2","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2111685-kentucky-gambler-2-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111685?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":15,"content":"Capo on 1st fret\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wanted more from life, than four kids and a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a job in a dark Kentucky mine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA twenty acre farm, a shackey house and barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's all I had and all I left behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut at gambling, I was lucky, and so I left Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd left behind my woman and my kids[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInto the gay casinos in the fattest town of Reno[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nThis Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]                                                      \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                          \r\nKentucky gambler who's gonna love your woman in Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd who's gonna be the one to give her everything she needs.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKentucky gambler, who's gonna raise your children in  Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah and who's going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere at the gambler's paradise, Lady Luck was on my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand this Kentucky gambler played just right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, I won at everything I  played - I really thought I had it made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I should have quit and gone on home that night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when you love the green backed dollar, sorrow's always bound to follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nAnd Reno's dreams fade into neon amber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Lady Luck, she'll lead you on[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe'll stay a while, and then she's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou better go on home, Kentucky gambler[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut a gambler never seems to stop, till he loses all he's got[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nAnd with a money hungry fever, I played on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI played till I'd lost all I'd won and I was right back where I'd started from.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nThen I started wanting to go home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nKentucky gambler, there ain't nobody, waiting in Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou ran out, somebody else walked in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nKentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]    N.C.\r\nSeems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins[/tab]\r\n                  \r\nMuch more than he wins\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo on 1st fret\n\n[Intro]\nG C D G C G D G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]                                                      \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n                  \nMuch more than he wins\n\n[Outro]\nG C D G C G D G","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}