Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 04:56:08 -0500
From: Dan Nicholas 
Subject: CRD: Gambler  by Trooper

Gambler
Trooper
From the LP "Thick as Thieves"
Written by Smith & MGuire
MCA Records 1978
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas
nicholdb@istar.ca


A
Whoa___________ohhh

                                      E
All the young adolescents with their phony ID
         F#                             D
And the best dressed out lookin' for someplace to be
                A
They're all listening to the gambler
       E                         D
Who's too far gone too feel any pain



         A                               E
He says next to drinking gambling is his only vice
         F#                        D
Then it takes him half an hour to roll the dice
      A
He says he's a gambler
      E                              D
but he's barely got the cards for a game



       A                E              F#
Cho.. Then the gambler lays his money down
       A                E              F#
      Then the gambler slowly turns around
                 A                     E
      And says I may be a loser but I play the game
                F#                              D
      And this money says that no one here can say the same
                A                            E                  D
      Put your cards on the table, call the waiter for another round
                A
      Call the waiter



inst....(Verse)


A                                     E
Well it's ablank cheque stacked deck life that he leads
     F#                    D
He loses what he wants & wins what he needs
    A                           E                           D
He says he's a gambler but he's barely got the cards for a game
        A                            E                          D
Well He says he's a gambler but he's barely got the cards for a game
        A                            E                          D
Well He says he's a gambler but he's barely got the cards for a game


Dan Nicholas
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