Overtones, Gambling Man (2010)
Key: :[Dm] (w: the Overtones)
INTRO: [Dm7] [Dm7] ^
[Bb]^
[C] [Dm7] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Dm7] I met you once, I loved you twice
That's the
[Bb] way this
[C] tale be-
[Dm7]-gins
[Dm7] I played my hand, I rolled the dice
Now I'm
[Bb] paying
[C] for my
[Dm7] sins
PRE-CHORUS:
I got some
[Bb] bad ad-
[C]-diction
Baby it's
[Dm7] you, yeah, yeah thats right
And I
[Bb] feel you taking
[C] over me
Could
[A7] luck be a lady in here tonight
CHORUS:
My odds are
[Dm7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[C] never had the winning hand, but for
[Bb] you I'd lose it
[A7] all
My odds are
[Dm7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[C] never had the winning hand, but for
[Bb] you I'd lose it
[A7] all
BREAK:
Baby I'd lose it
[Dm7] all
[Dm7] ^
[Bb]^
[C] [Dm7]
VERSE 2:
Oh
[Dm7] could you be the queen of hearts
Or the
[Bb] devil
[C] in dis-
[Dm7]-guise
With
[Dm7] every move I'm blinded by
Those
[Bb] diamonds
[C] in her
[Dm7] eyes
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: Baby I'd lose it all
BRIDGE:
[Gm] I'm raptured in,
[Dm] your sweet lovin
[Gm] But it
[C] feels just like a
[Dm] curse
[Gm] You're beneath my skin,
[Dm] I start tremblin'
[Bb] With this love so danger-
[A7]-ous
BREAK:
[Dm] (Place your bets) Oh won't you
(Place your bets)
Why don't you just place your bets on
[A7] me
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]