The Card Cheat Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Chorus: C There's a solitary man cryin', "Hold me" C It's only because he's a'lonely C And if the keeper of time runs slowly C He won't be alive for long! F C If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned G With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? F Em G It means nothin' C To the opium dens and the barroom gin C In the Belmont chair playing violin C The gambler's face cracks into a grin C As he lays down the king of spades F But the dealer just stares F C "There's something wrong here", he thinks G The gambler is seized and forced to his knees F Em G And shot dead

🎸 Interlude: C 🎸 Verse: F He only wanted more time F C Away from the darkest door G But his luck it gave in G As the dawn light crept in F Em G And he lay on the floor C From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea C With a lance and a musket and a Roman spear C To all of the men who have stood with no fear C In the service of the King F Before you met your fate F C Be sure you did not forsake G Your lover F Em G May not be around anymore 🎸 Interlude: C F C G F Em G 🎸 Verse: C There's a solitary man cryin', "Hold me" C It's only because he's a'lonely C And if the keeper of time runs slowly C He won't be alive for long! 🎸 Outro: C F C G F Em G