Rovin' Gambler Chords
Rovin' Gambler by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Bb, C, G7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G Bb G C G
verse 1
G G7
I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around
G G7
Whenever I meet with a deck of cards
C G Bb C G
I lay my money down
Lay my money down lay my money down
verse 2
G G7
I had not been in Frisco many more weeks than three
G G7
I met up with a pretty little gal
C G
She fell in love with me
D G C G D G
Fell in love with me fell in love with me
verse 3
G G7
She took me in her parlor cooled me with her fan
G G7
Whispered low in her mother's ear
C G
I love this gambling man
D G
Love this gambling man love this gambling man
verse 4
G G7
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so
G G7
Leave your dear old mother
C G
And with a gambler go
D G Bb C G
With a gambler go with a gambler go
Verse 5
G C G
My mother oh my mother you can not understand
G7
If you ever see me a coming back
C G
I'll be with a gambling man
D G Bb C G
With a gambling man with a gambling man
Verse 6
G C G
I left her there in Frisco and I wound up in Maine
G7
I met up with a poker player
C G
And got in a poker game
D G
Got in a poker game got in a poker game
Verse 7
C G
We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around
G7
I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck
C G
And I shot that gambler down
D G Bb C G
Shot the gambler down shot the gambler down
Verse 8
C G
Well now I'm in the jail house got a number for my name
G7
The Warden said as he locked the door
C G
You've gambled your last game
D G Bb C G
Gambled your last game gambled your last game
Outro
D G Bb C G
Gambled your last game gambled your last game