GAMBLING MAN
As recorded by Citycreed
(2025 release)


Capo 4th fret


[Intro]



[Verse 1]
            
I was raised d

              
own south by a

          
 gambling man
          
With some old 

bad habits and

 some callous 

hands
             
That didn't  k

              
eep his shit t

              
ogether that'd

              
 cheat, lie, a

   
nd steal


[Verse 2]
            
I'm a drifter,

              
 a grifter, I'

             
m a gambling m

an
        
Turning everyt

hing I hated t

urned to my ol

d man
             
In the silence

              
 of the night 

              
I'm praying fo

            
r a helping ha


nd


[Interlude]
             


[Verse 3]
            
I don't think 

              
I've ever felt

            
 no love at al

l
     
So I get fucke

d up and I'm a

 wrecking ball
             
Had enough of 

              
hurting people

              
 learned its b

              
est just not t

  
o feel


[Verse 4]
            
Ain't no point

              
 in acting dif

              
ferent when I 

           
fill their sho

es
          
I've been walk

ing like a sin

ner trying to 

pay his dues
             
Ain't no grace

              
 for men like 

              
me just debts 

              
to pay and sca

      
rs to prove


[Verse 6]
     
Mama said boy 

come you bette

r watch and le

arn
       
If you turn in

to your daddy 

bound to crash

 and burn
       
With a fist fu

ll of dollars 

Some blood on 

my clothes
  
I walk the sam

e old road dad

dy chose


[Outro]
             
         
         
Well I walk th

              
e same old roa

              
d daddy chose