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The Ballad Of Weaverville chords by Kate Wolf

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Kate Wolf - The Ballad Of Weaverville




CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: Chord diagramG+G  ~  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  ~  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC ~ Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm

           Chord diagramG+G                                           ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
Well, I'll tell you 'bout a gambler, folks, Jim Weaver was his name
      Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramG+G                       ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
And I don't know where he came from, but gambling was his trade
     Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G                              Chord diagramD MajorD
Ride in here close beside me, I'll tell you about a game
    Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm
The damnedest game in all my years I ever did see played
     Chord diagramG+G                                            ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
Some said they'd seen him play before down on the Barbary Coast
   Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G                                ~    Chord diagramE minorEm
He said that might be true enough, 'cause he'd gambled all around
       Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramG+G                                  Chord diagramD MajorD
And he lost his stake to a jack high straight out at Sutter's Fort
         Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2 Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4 Chord diagramD MajorD
But he'd saved a little poke in case of a game within our town


CHORUS:
      Chord diagramE minorEm                            Chord diagramG+G      ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
And a lady loves a gambler, running loose, running free
  Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G                          ~        Chord diagramE minorEm
I felt a tremble deep inside when I turned around to see
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm
He was looking hard at me


        Chord diagramG+G                                       ~        Chord diagramE minorEm
Now the game was set in daddy's tent, an honest man, you know
    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G                         ~        Chord diagramE minorEm
And all the boys in town were set to take Jim Weaver's gold
       Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G                            Chord diagramD MajorD
'Cause digging gold is hard work and panning is too slow
      Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm
And I saw Jim Weaver smiling at some little private joke
         Chord diagramG+G                                             ~        Chord diagramE minorEm
Well, by midnight he had all the gold that the boys in town had saved
     Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G                                 ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
They never caught him cheating, though they watched him all the while
       Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramD MajorD
And he never lost a single hand at any game he played
   Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2 Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4 Chord diagramD MajorD
He never lost a dollar, boys, and he never lost his smile


CHORUS:
      Chord diagramE minorEm                            Chord diagramG+G     ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
And a lady loves a gambler, smiling free, smiling wide
  Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G                       ~      Chord diagramE minorEm
I knew I wouldn't rest 'til I was smiling by his side
Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm
Smiling as we'd ride


     Chord diagramG+G                                              ~        Chord diagramE minorEm
Soon all the boys were busted flat, but they wanted still to play
        Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G                       ~      Chord diagramE minorEm
So they asked Jim Weaver what was left to gamble in the game
   Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G                                  Chord diagramD MajorD
He said he'd cut high cards one time and if he lost he'd pay
    Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm
But if he won they had to swear to give the town his name


       Chord diagramG+G                                      ~      Chord diagramE minorEm
And he told my daddy he would bet ten dollars on the side
    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G                         ~   Chord diagramE minorEm
And I could be my daddy's stake, if I would so agree
       Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G                               Chord diagramD MajorD
And I rode out of Weaverville next morning as his bride
      Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G                              Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramDsus2Dsus2 Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4 Chord diagramD MajorD
And I left the town that bears the name of the gambling man and me


CHORUS:
      Chord diagramE minorEm                         Chord diagramG+G      ~       Chord diagramE minorEm
And a lady loves a gambler if he cheats all the same
    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G                        ~       Chord diagramD MajorD
And no one saw me slip to him the ace that won the game
    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD7D7 Chord diagramE minorEm

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