Gambler

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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



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Whoa___________ohhh

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

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

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

inst....(Verse)



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


Dan Nicholas
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