F = E
B = A
C = Barred C (relative to Capo, X24442)


Intro: F(3 measures or 12 count) B B F F B F C F B F C F


     F
Well I'm a rovin gambler I've seen most every town
                                        B            F
When ever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
                                   B            F
Gonna lay my money down, yea gonna lay my money down


F (3 measures or 12 count) B B F F B F C F

     F    
I've gambled out in Texas and down in New Orleans
                                        B                    F
I've lost a pot with four of a kind and won with a couple of queens
                                           B                    F
Gonna Bluff with a couple of queens, yea I won with a couple of queens



F (3 measures or 12 count) B B F F B F C F


       F                                       
Well I met a friend in Frisco and Lady Luck was her name
                                               B                F
Yea I couldn't lose with a pair of twos till a woman got in the game
                                  B                F
A red head got in the game, yea a woman got in the game


F (3 measures or 12 count) B B F F B F C F

        F                                                     
Yea she won my old black panhead and she won my switch blade knife
                                     B                 F     
And when I lost everything I had she told me to bet my life
                                B                 F
She told me to bet my life, she told me to bet my life


F (3 measures or 12 count) B B F F B F C F 

       F                  
If you don't wanna lose your freedom, you care about your life
                                                  B              F
Don't get in a game with a red head thing, you'll win yourself a wife
                                    B              F
You'll win yourself a wife, now you got yourself a wife