The Roving Gambler

Eddy Arnold

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV iii vi

Verse 1

C                          Em          C
I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around
                         Am              F            C
Whenever I need with the deck of cards I lay my money down
                                     Em              C
I've gambled down in Washington I've gambled over in Spain
                 Am           F               C
I'm on my way to Tennessee to play in my last game

Verse 2

                             Em                   C
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three
                           Am
When I fell in love with a pretty little maid
    F                 C
Who fell in love with me
                              Em                 C
She took me in her parlor she cooled me with her fan
                         Am
She whispered low in her mother's ear
  F                  C
I love that gambling man

Verse 3

                                 Em                 C
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how could you treat me so
                       Am         F                C
To leave your dear old mother and with the gambler go
                             Em              C
Oh mother my dear mother you know I love you well
                            Am
But the love I have for the gambling man
   F                C
No human tongue can tell

Verse 4

                               Em            C
I wouldn't marry a farmer he's always in the rain
                   Am                 F           C
I wouldn't marry a railroad man who's always on a train
                               Em               C
I wouldn't marry a doctor he's always gone from home
                  Am                  F              C
All I want is the gambling man for he won’t leave me alone

Verse 5

                               Em               C
I hear the train it’s coming a coming round the curve
                  Am          F               C
A whistlin' and a blowin' and strainin' every nerve
                              Am       F    C
Oh mother oh dear mother I'll tell you if I can
                   Am               F                     C
If you ever see me coming back I'll be with that gambling man