Gamblin’ Man – Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings   Capo 3

             
I met a gambli

              
n’ man,  I coo

         
led him with m

y fan
            
He’d just come

              
 in from Carro

             
ll, but only f

              
or a night or 

 
two
             
And he was on 

              
a roll, shinin

        
g like Pharaoh

’s gold. He sa

id
            
Why don’cha pu

              
t your little 

             
hand in the ha

              
nd of the Gamb

      
lin’ Man

            
Now if I lose,

             
 if I lose, le

             
t me lose, let

             
 me lose.  If 

            
I lose, if I l

            
ose, let me lo

     
se.

              
So I went to M

             
ama’s house, y

              
eah she tried 

    
to talk me out
            
As she broke d

              
own hard ‘bout

             
 the houses in

         
 New Orleans
              
She said you g

             
otta listen Pe

              
arl, Hey you’r

            
e just a Jacks

on girl
              
Now don’t you 

            
put your littl

              
e hand in the 

             
hand of the Ga

        
mblin’ Man

            
Now if I lose,

             
 if I lose, le

             
t me lose, let

             
 me lose.  If 

            
I lose, if I l

            
ose, let me lo

     
se.

             
And when my Da

              
d got home, an

              
d gathered wha

        
t was going on
            
There was some

              
thing in the c

             
olor of his ey

              
es went from s

       
ky to sea
              
He said he’s g

             
oing to treat 

              
you sweet and 

              
then he’ll lea

           
ve you on Bour

bon Street
              
Now don’t you 

            
put your littl

              
e hand in the 

             
hand of the Ga

        
mblin’ Man

            
But if I lose,

             
 if I lose, le

             
t me lose, let

             
 me lose.  If 

            
I lose, if I l

            
ose, let me lo

         
se.
             
But maybe I’m 

                         
a gambler too

              
And that’s why

             
 I love the Ga

              
mblin’ man, I 

              
love to cool h

    
im with my fan
             
There ain’t no

             
thing in this 

              
world makes a 

             
girl feel like

             
 a queen  Yeah

                  
hh
              
And when he’s 

             
on a roll, and

              
 shining like 

   
Pharaoh’s gold
            
I’m gonna put 

              
my little hand

             
 in the hand o

              
f the Gamblin’

  
 Man   Heyyyyy

y
            
I’m gonna put 

              
my little hand

             
 in the hand o

              
f the Gamblin’

         
 Man