Overtones, Gambling Man (2010)
Key: :[Bm] (w: the Overtones)
INTRO: [Bm7] [Bm7] ^
[G]^
[A] [Bm7] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
[Bm7] I met you once, I loved you twice
That's the
[G] way this
[A] tale be-
[Bm7]-gins
[Bm7] I played my hand, I rolled the dice
Now I'm
[G] paying
[A] for my
[Bm7] sins
PRE-CHORUS:
I got some
[G] bad ad-
[A]-diction
Baby it's
[Bm7] you, yeah, yeah thats right
And I
[G] feel you taking
[A] over me
Could
[F#7] luck be a lady in here tonight
CHORUS:
My odds are
[Bm7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[A] never had the winning hand, but for
[G] you I'd lose it
[F#7] all
My odds are
[Bm7] stacked, I've never been a gambling man
I've
[A] never had the winning hand, but for
[G] you I'd lose it
[F#7] all
BREAK:
Baby I'd lose it
[Bm7] all
[Bm7] ^
[G]^
[A] [Bm7]
VERSE 2:
Oh
[Bm7] could you be the queen of hearts
Or the
[G] devil
[A] in dis-
[Bm7]-guise
With
[Bm7] every move I'm blinded by
Those
[G] diamonds
[A] in her
[Bm7] eyes
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: Baby I'd lose it all
BRIDGE:
[Em] I'm raptured in,
[Bm] your sweet lovin
[Em] But it
[A] feels just like a
[Bm] curse
[Em] You're beneath my skin,
[Bm] I start tremblin'
[G] With this love so danger-
[F#7]-ous
BREAK:
[Bm] (Place your bets) Oh won't you
(Place your bets)
Why don't you just place your bets on
[F#7] me
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2] 