[Intro] (palm muted)
        x2

[Verse 1]
            
I don't wanna 

             
bet but my fat

              
her wrote a ch

             
eck that I bet

              
 his ass could

       
 never cash
            
He's betting o

              
n the eight ba

             
ll landing in 

              
the side wall,

             
 cold blooded 

              
killer if you 

 
ask
            
But every nigh

              
t he needs me 

             
to land himsel

              
f a red three 

             
corner pocket 

       
at 12 am
            
Only twelve ye

             
ars old but I 

              
got a hold of 

             
a pool stick I

              
 was gifted fr

    
om him

[Chorus]
              
My father is a

           
 betting man
              
But I got myse

           
lf a steady ha

nd
              
He's sitting i

            
n the corner w

              
ith a six pack

      
 of Corona
              
Betting that h

             
is son will wi

        
n again

        x2

[Verse 2]
            
Go bet another

           
 six-pack, bet

 I make a come

back
             
I know that th

              
is table's got

     
 a lean
            
Won't you takе

              
 me fishing an

             
d I wanna try 

             
out for the se

              
vеnth grade fo

       
otball team
            
You'll probabl

              
y be nothing b

             
ut this town's

              
 old drunkard 

             
and die on a s

             
moke stained s

tool
            
Right now he's

              
 got a bargain

             
 that he's tak

              
en too far on 

             
his boy's game

              
 of nine-ball 


pool

[Chorus]
              
My father was 

            
a betting man
              
But I got myse

           
lf a steady ha

nd
              
He's sitting i

            
n the corner w

              
ith a six pack

      
 of Corona
              
Betting that h

             
is son will wi

        
n again
            
My father was 

                 
a betting man

        x2

[Outro]
              
My father was 

           
a betting man
              
But I got myse

          
lf a steady ha

nd
              
He's sitting i

           
n the corner w

              
ith a six pack

      
 of Corona
              
Betting that h

            
is son will wi

        
n again
           
I don't wanna 

            
bet but my dad

              
dy wrote a che

            
ck that I bet 

              
his ass could 

      
never cash
           
He's betting o

              
n the eight ba

            
ll landing in 

              
the side wall,

            
 cold blooded 

              
killer if you 


ask

* = strum once