Gamblin' Willie Bob Dylan
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Come a[C]round you rovin' gamblers and a [F/C]story I will [C]tell
A[C]bout the [F/C]greatest [C]gambler, you [F/C]all should know him [C]well
His [C]name was [F/C]Willie O'[C]Conley and he [F/C]gambled all his [C]life
He had [F/C]twenty-seven children, yet he [G/C]never had a [F/C]wife
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
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Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, no-obody knows
[Verse 2]
Well, he [C]gambled in the White House and [F/C]in the railroad [C]yards
Wher[C]ever [F/C]there was [C]people, there was [F/C]Willie and his [C]cards
He [C]had the [F/C]repu[C]tation as the [F/C]gamblin'est man a[C]round
[F/C]Wives would keep their husbands home when [G/C]Willie came to [F/C]town
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C |
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Verse 3]
Sailin' [C]down the Mississippi to a [F/C]town called New Or[C]leans
They're still [C]talkin' a[F/C]bout their [C]card game [F/C]on that Jackson [C]Queen
'I've [C]come to [F/C]win some [C]money,' [F/C]Gamblin' Willie [C]says
When the [F/C]game finally ended up, the [G/C]whole damn boat was [F/C]his
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C |
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Verse 4]
Up [C]in the Rocky Mountains in a [F/C]town called Cripple [C]Creek
There [C]was an [F/C]all-night [C]poker game, [F/C]lasted about a [C]week
[C]Nine [F/C]hundred [C]miners had [F/C]laid their money [C]down
When [F/C]Willie finally left the room, he [G/C]owned the whole damn [F/C]town
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C |
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Solo] (harp)
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[Verse 5]
But [C]Willie had a heart of gold and [F/C]this I [G/C]know is [C]true
He sup[C]ported [F/C]all his [C]children and [F/C]all their mothers [C]too
He [C]wore no [F/C]rings or [C]fancy things, like [F/C]other gamblers [C]wore
He [F/C]spread his money far and wide, to [G/C]help the sick and [F/C]poor
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C |
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Verse 6]
When you [C]played your cards with Willie, you [F/C]never really [C]knew
[C]Whether [F/C]he was [C]bluffin' or [F/C]whether he was [C]true
He [C]won a fortune [F/C]from a man who [F/C]folded in his [C]chair
The [F/C]man, he left a diamond flush, Willie [G/C]didn't even have a [F/C]pair
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C |
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Verse 7]
It was [C]late one evenin' [F/C]during a poker [C]game
A [C]man lost [F/C]all his [C]money, he said [F/C]Willie was to [C]blame
He [C]shot poor [F/C]Willie [C]through the head, which [F/C]was a tragic [C]fate
[F/C]Willie's cards fell on the floor, they were [G/C]aces backed with [F/C]eights
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll
F/C C F/C | C F/C C F/C | C F/C C |
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Verse 8]
So [C]all you rovin' gamblers, wher[F/C]ever you might [C]be
The [C]moral [F/C]of the [C]story is [F/C]very plain to [C]see
[C]Make your [F/C]money [C]while you can, be[F/C]fore you have to [C]stop
For [F/C]when you pull that dead man's hand, your [G/C]gamblin' days are [F/C]up
And it's [C]ride, [F/C]Willie, [C]ride (harp)
C [ F/C ]
Roll, Willie, roll (harp)
C F/C C G/C [ C ]
Wherever you're a-gamblin' now, nobody knows
[Coda]
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(harp)
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