Overtones, Gambling Man (2010)
Key: :[Am] (w: the Overtones)
INTRO: [Am7] [Am7] ^
[F]^
[G] [Am7] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Am7] I met you once, I loved you twice
That's the
[F] way this
[G] tale be-
[Am7]-gins
[Am7] I played my hand, I rolled the dice
Now I'm
[F] paying
[G] for my
[Am7] sins
PRE-CHORUS:
I got some
[F] bad ad-
[G]-diction
Baby it's
[Am7] you, yeah, yeah thats right
And I
[F] feel you taking
[G] over me
Could
[E7] luck be a lady in here tonight
CHORUS:
My odds are
[Am7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[G] never had the winning hand, but for
[F] you I'd lose it
[E7] all
My odds are
[Am7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[G] never had the winning hand, but for
[F] you I'd lose it
[E7] all
BREAK:
Baby I'd lose it
[Am7] all
[Am7] ^
[F]^
[G] [Am7]
VERSE 2:
Oh
[Am7] could you be the queen of hearts
Or the
[F] devil
[G] in dis-
[Am7]-guise
With
[Am7] every move I'm blinded by
Those
[F] diamonds
[G] in her
[Am7] eyes
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: Baby I'd lose it all
BRIDGE:
[Dm] I'm raptured in,
[Am] your sweet lovin
[Dm] But it
[G] feels just like a
[Am] curse
[Dm] You're beneath my skin,
[Am] I start tremblin'
[F] With this love so danger-
[E7]-ous
BREAK:
[Am] (Place your bets) Oh won't you
(Place your bets)
Why don't you just place your bets on
[E7] me
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]