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Gambling Man

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Chords in relation to capo on first fret (song is actually in key of C#)
Standard Tuning
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
C F C G
C F C G
[Verse]
CI need a gambling Fman
not afraid to Cplay his hand
not afraid to Flose
CI need a lucky Fman
one who feels he Cthinks he can
handle my Fblues
[Chorus]
A Grisker a mister of 
A CmaFn G  
just a gambling CmanF  C  G  
C  F  C  G
[Verse]
CRisks arFe steep 
with a wild Cone like me
But I Fneed a man
CSo play all your Fcards
Take a chance, Cfor this dance
The rain and Fwind
[Chorus]
GA risker, a mister, of a CmaFnG  
Of a CmaFnG  
Of a CmaFnG  
Just a gambling CmaFnG  
[Bridge]
AmWhat I need is a gambling Cman
Who's not afraid to play his Ghand
Who's not afraid to take a Frisk
And try to win a prize like this
[Chorus]
GA risker, a mister, of a CmaFnG  
Of a CmaFnG  
Of a CmaFnG  
Of a CmaFnG  
Just a gambling CmaFnC  G  
Just a gambling CmaFnC  G  
Just a gambling Cman

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Gambling Man

by Escondido

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Chords in relation to capo on first fret (song is actually in key of C#)

Standard Tuning

Capo 1st fret

[Intro]

C F C G

[Verse]

C F

I need a gambling man

not afraid to play his hand

not afraid to lose

C F

I need a lucky man

one who feels he thinks he can

handle my blues

[Chorus]

A risker a mister of

C F G

A man

C F C G

just a gambling man

C F C G

[Verse]

C F

Risks are steep

with a wild one like me

But I need a man

C F

So play all your cards

Take a chance, for this dance

The rain and wind

[Chorus]

G C F G

A risker, a mister, of a man

C F G

Of a man

C F G

Of a man

C F G

Just a gambling man

[Bridge]

Am C

What I need is a gambling man

Who's not afraid to play his hand

Who's not afraid to take a risk

And try to win a prize like this

[Chorus]

G C F G

A risker, a mister, of a man

C F G

Of a man

C F G

Of a man

C F G

Of a man

C F C G

Just a gambling man

C F C G

Just a gambling man

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