The Gambler

F C G Am F C Am he stumbled backwards through the door F C Am he smelled of gin and cold cold smoke F C Am his wife and kids feared nothing more F C Am this night his ship has left the shore F C G no one else could feel his pain Am he lost the game once more again F C Am the tide is coming in F C Am sweat ran down his furrowed face F C Am he shivered like an earthquake F C Am once he was full of grace F C Am but the benjamins took his faith F C G no one else could feel his pain Am he lost the game once more again F C Am the tide is coming in F C G he left his home as a man Am now he needs a helping hand F C Am come back home like a man G Am he didn't know how this could happen G Am he didn't know a way out G Am so he left them with a weapon G Am and birds rose up through the clouds F C G no one else could feel his pain Am he lost the game once more again F C Am the tide is coming in F C G he left his home as a man Am now he needs a helping hand F C Am come back home like a man F C G he left his home as a man Am now he needs a helping hand F C Am come back home like a man