Marguerite And The Gambler chords by Mary Black

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
          D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
See the man in the picture with a falcon on his glove
     D MajorD          C majorC      D MajorD   G+G
A augmentedA famous gambler, they say he never knew defeat
     D MajorD     C majorC        D MajorD   E minorEm
Lucky at cards, oh, he was lucky in love
      C majorC      G+G   D MajorD   G+G
He gave his heart to the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
        D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
See the woman beside him, whispering in his ear
         D MajorD      C majorC         D MajorD   G+G
She was a famous beauty, with men falling at her feet
          D MajorD         C majorC      D MajorD   E minorEm
Her father was the richest man in the town of Belvedere
     C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G   E minorEm
Where the Gambler met the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
         C majorC         G+G           D MajorD
The day when the handsome gambling man came through that town
   E minorEm          C majorC       D MajorD  D7D7 G+G
They met by chance at the corner of the street
       D MajorD   C majorC     D MajorD         E minorEm
The scene was set for the tragedy, it was love at first sight
    C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G
For the Gambler and the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
         D MajorD      C majorC        G+G
Their passion was a fire that could not be contained
          D MajorD     C majorC          D MajorD   G+G
And when they made love, oh, how their hearts did beat
       D MajorD        C majorC           D MajorD    E minorEm
And from that moment the whole world would be forever changed
    C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G
For the Gambler and the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
        D MajorD           C majorC       G+G
When her father heard the news, he was like a man possessed
         D MajorD   C majorC      D MajorD   G+G
In a cold fit of fury, hatred and despair
          D MajorD         C majorC          D MajorD   E minorEm
No good-for-nothing gambler was gonna steal his daughter’s heart
        C majorC       G+G   D MajorD   G+G   E minorEm
He hired three men to put an end to the affair

Verse:
         C majorC       G+G       D MajorD
The Gambler had a room upstairs, in a cheap hotel
  E minorEm          C majorC       D MajorD  D7D7 G+G
The men lay in wait in an alley off the street
            D MajorD          C majorC          D MajorD   E minorEm
As the lovers strolled by, three shots rang out and the Gambler fell
        C majorC      G+G   D MajorD   G+G
He died in the arms of the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
           D MajorD       C majorC        G+G
When they brought her home, she just could not be consoled
      D MajorD       C majorC      D MajorD
Her mother sent out for a doctor and a priest
    G+G    D MajorD        C majorC      D MajorD
But it was too late to save her body or her soul
            E minorEm
She’d gone to meet the Gambler
    C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G
Who was waiting for his lovely Marguerite

Verse:
          D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
See the man in the picture with a falcon on his glove
        D MajorD           C majorC       D MajorD
And the woman beside him, the Queen of Hearts at her feet
 G+G         D MajorD             C majorC      D MajorD   E minorEm
Ohh, they looked so happy, they must have been so much in love
      C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G   E minorEm
The famous Gambler and the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
         C majorC        G+G      D MajorD
They still talk about them in the town of Belvedere
    E minorEm             C majorC       D MajorD  D7D7 G+G
The old people can remember hearing gunfire on the street
         D MajorD          C majorC        D MajorD
And now when the moon is full, two lovers sometimes appear
         E minorEm      C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD G+G D MajorD
They say it’s the ghost of The Gambler and the lovely Marguerite
         E minorEm      C majorC        G+G   D MajorD   G+G
They say it’s the ghost of The Gambler and the lovely Marguerite