Overtones, Gambling Man (2010)
Key: :[G#m] (w: the Overtones)
INTRO: [G#m7] [G#m7] ^
[E]^
[Gb] [G#m7] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[G#m7] I met you once, I loved you twice
That's the
[E] way this
[Gb] tale be-
[G#m7]-gins
[G#m7] I played my hand, I rolled the dice
Now I'm
[E] paying
[Gb] for my
[G#m7] sins
PRE-CHORUS:
I got some
[E] bad ad-
[Gb]-diction
Baby it's
[G#m7] you, yeah, yeah thats right
And I
[E] feel you taking
[Gb] over me
Could
[D#7] luck be a lady in here tonight
CHORUS:
My odds are
[G#m7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[Gb] never had the winning hand, but for
[E] you I'd lose it
[D#7] all
My odds are
[G#m7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[Gb] never had the winning hand, but for
[E] you I'd lose it
[D#7] all
BREAK:
Baby I'd lose it
[G#m7] all
[G#m7] ^
[E]^
[Gb] [G#m7]
VERSE 2:
Oh
[G#m7] could you be the queen of hearts
Or the
[E] devil
[Gb] in dis-
[G#m7]-guise
With
[G#m7] every move I'm blinded by
Those
[E] diamonds
[Gb] in her
[G#m7] eyes
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: Baby I'd lose it all
BRIDGE:
[C#m] I'm raptured in,
[G#m] your sweet lovin
[C#m] But it
[Gb] feels just like a
[G#m] curse
[C#m] You're beneath my skin,
[G#m] I start tremblin'
[E] With this love so danger-
[D#7]-ous
BREAK:
[G#m] (Place your bets) Oh won't you
(Place your bets)
Why don't you just place your bets on
[D#7] me
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]