Gamblin Mama chords by Yorick Van Norden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
              D
e |------------------------|
B |---8p7---7-8p7--------7-|
G |---7---9-7-7---9-9--7-7-| (Riff played throughout supporting D chord)
D |-0-0---0-0-0-----0--0-0-|
A |------------------------|
E |------------------------|

Verse 1:
G                                 D
Gamblin’ mama, stay with me a while
G                                 D
Gamblin’ mama, stay with me a while
     A                                      G G#
The queen of spades and the jack of hearts
      A      C C#             D
Just let me see you make ‘em smile

Verse 2:
G                                    D
Gamblin’ mama, I must suspect foul play
G                                    D
Gamblin’ mama, I must suspect foul play
     A                               G G#
When all the girls here at the table
            A         C C#  D
They could render Casanova gay

Break:
C  G  D  (2x)

Verse 3:
G                                   D
Gamblin’ mama, don’t ask me what I did
G                                   D
Gamblin’ mama, don’t ask me what I did
       A                         G G#
I got locked up in a time frame
       G      G#     A       C  C#  D
And I find it oh so hard for me to quit

Solo over Verse:
G  D  G  D  A  G G# A C C# D

Verse 4:
G                               D
Gamblin’ mama, nothing up my sleeve
G                                           D
Gamblin’ mama, there ain’t nothing up my sleeve
     A                                 G        G#
For you know and I know that when the sun comes up
      A       C  C#  D
It’s time for us to leave

Outro:
D
Time for us to leave
D
Time for us to leave
D
Time for us to leave
D
Time for us to leave