Overtones, Gambling Man (2010)
Key: :[Em] (w: the Overtones)
INTRO: [Em7] [Em7] ^
[C]^
[D] [Em7] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Em7] I met you once, I loved you twice
That's the
[C] way this
[D] tale be-
[Em7]-gins
[Em7] I played my hand, I rolled the dice
Now I'm
[C] paying
[D] for my
[Em7] sins
PRE-CHORUS:
I got some
[C] bad ad-
[D]-diction
Baby it's
[Em7] you, yeah, yeah thats right
And I
[C] feel you taking
[D] over me
Could
[B7] luck be a lady in here tonight
CHORUS:
My odds are
[Em7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[D] never had the winning hand, but for
[C] you I'd lose it
[B7] all
My odds are
[Em7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[D] never had the winning hand, but for
[C] you I'd lose it
[B7] all
BREAK:
Baby I'd lose it
[Em7] all
[Em7] ^
[C]^
[D] [Em7]
VERSE 2:
Oh
[Em7] could you be the queen of hearts
Or the
[C] devil
[D] in dis-
[Em7]-guise
With
[Em7] every move I'm blinded by
Those
[C] diamonds
[D] in her
[Em7] eyes
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: Baby I'd lose it all
BRIDGE:
[Am] I'm raptured in,
[Em] your sweet lovin
[Am] But it
[D] feels just like a
[Em] curse
[Am] You're beneath my skin,
[Em] I start tremblin'
[C] With this love so danger-
[B7]-ous
BREAK:
[Em] (Place your bets) Oh won't you
(Place your bets)
Why don't you just place your bets on
[B7] me
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]