The Hustler

G C G Em C G I got lucky on a midnight train, turned up aces in a poker game G C G Em C G I won some money but I lost my heart, travelling down south on a one-way cart G C G Em C G She was wild as a rambling rose, where she’s going no-one knows G C G Em C G A gamblers life is laced with sin, some you lose and some you win Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Lady luck was shining down on me, when we took that train down to Tennessee Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Lady luck was shining down on me, when we crossed that bridge into Tennessee G C G Em C G The moon was shining in the southern sky, endless stations rolling by G C G Em C G You stop for a while in a one horse town, you got up quickly before the wall came down G C G Em C G She was smiling in the morning rain, a Memphis belle without a name G C G Em C G The dealer turned a one eyed jack, the money I lost I just won back Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Lady luck was shining down on me, when we took that train down to Tennessee Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Lady luck was shining down on me, when we crossed that bridge into Tennessee G C G Em C G G C G Em C G Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Em C G Gsus4 Em C G G C G Em C G Nice full skyline on the rise, could see her distance in her eyes G C G Em C G I went all in on an aces high, she turned up queens and said goodbye G C G Em C G The country station was playing low, cheating heart on the radio G C G Em C G She got up without a care; she left me standing, standing there Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Lady luck was shining down on me, when we took that train down to Tennessee Em C G Gsus4 Em C G Lady luck was shining down on me, when we crossed that bridge into Tennessee Em C G Em C G Lady luck has just run out on me, and she’s closed the deal down in Tennessee Em C G Em C G C G She closed the deal down in Tennessee, lady luck has just run out on me.