The Gambler
Fun.Version1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Slow down,
we've got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes.
We've got fifty good years left to spend out in the garden
I don't care to beg your pardon,
We should live
until we die.
We were barely eighteen when we'd crossed collective hearts.
It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye.
and then you turned, put out your hand,
and you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.
I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side.
It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
and now he's turning to a man,
although he thinks just like his mother,
he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.
And even though she moved away,
we always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her father's
they are blue when skies are grey
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
works for everything that's handed to her,
Never once complains.
You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
thirty years ago
to this day
You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time
Well it's not time, you've never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You're the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You come home from work
and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dog you say that I should never feed them what is ours
and so we move all to the garden
look at everything we've owned
now the kids are coming home
so I set the table
You can make the fire.
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Readable chord sheet for The Gambler by Fun.
[Bb] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Bb] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Bb]Slo[Bb]w d[A]ow[Gm]n,
[F]we've got [Eb]time left to be la[F]zy
All the [Bb]kids have [Bb]blo[A]omed from [Gm]bab[F]ies in[Eb]to flowers in our [F]eyes.
We've got [Bb]fifty [Bb]goo[A]d y[Gm]ears l[F]eft to [Eb]spend out in the g[F]arden
I don't c[Eb]are to beg your [Dm]pardon,
We should l[Cm]ive [F]
until we di[Bb]e. [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
We were [Bb]barely eigh[Bb]tee[A]n when we'd c[Gm]rossed collective hea[Dm]rts[Eb]. [F]
It was c[Eb]old, but it got w[Dm]arm when you'd[Cm] barely crossed my [F]eye.
and then you [Bb]turned, put o[Bb]ut [A]your [Gm]hand,
and[F] you[Eb] asked me to d[F]ance.
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm] [F]
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.
I [Eb]swear when I grow [F]up, I won't just buy you a r[Bb]ose[Bb]. [A] [Gm] [F]
I will [Eb]buy the flower s[F]hop, and you will never be lon[Bb]ely[Bb]. [A] [Gm] [F]
[Eb]Even if the sun stops w[F]aking up over the fields
I will not le[Bb]ave, I will not l[Bb]eav[A]e 'till it's [Gm]our time.
So just t[Eb]ake my hand, you know that [F]I will never leave your s[Bb]ide[Bb]. [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Bb] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
It was the [Bb]winter of '[Bb]86,[A] and all the [Gm]fields had frozen [Dm]ove[Eb]r. [F]
So we mo[Eb]ved to Ari[Dm]zona to sa[Cm]ve our only s[F]on
and now he's [Bb]tur[Bb]nin[A]g [Gm]to [F]a man,
although he [Eb]thinks just like his m[F]other,
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm] [F]
he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.
And even [Bb]though she m[Bb]ove[A]d a[Gm]way,
we a[F]lways get [Eb]calls from our d[F]aughter.
She has [Eb]eyes just like her [Dm]father's
they are [Cm]blue when skies are [F]grey
And just like [Bb]him, she n[Bb]eve[A]r st[Gm]ops, [F]
Never t[Eb]akes the day for g[F]ranted,
[Eb]works for everything that's h[Dm]anded to her,
[Cm]Never once comp[F]lains.
[Eb]You think that I ne[F]arly lo[Bb]st [Bb]you[A] [Gm] [F]
When the d[Eb]octors tried to t[F]ake you aw[Bb]ay.[Bb] [A] [Gm] [F]
But like the n[Eb]ight you took my [F]hand beside the f[Bb]ire[Bb] [A] [Gm] [F]
thirty y[Eb]ears ago [F]
to this d[Bb]ay
[Eb]You swore you'd be here 'til we d[F]ecide that it's our time
Well it's not t[Bb]ime, you've never q[Bb]uit[A] in all your[Gm] life.
So just t[Eb]ake my hand, you know that [F]I'll never leave your s[Bb]ide[Bb]. [A] [Gm]
You're the l[Eb]ove of my life, you know that [F]I'll never leave your s[Bb]ide[Bb]. [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Bb] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Bb] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Bb] [Bb] [A] [Gm] [F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] [Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm] [Dm] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm] [F]
You come h[Bb]ome from w[Bb]ork[A] [Gm] [F]
and you k[Eb]iss me on the e[F]ye
You curse the [Eb]dog you say that I[Dm] should never fe[Cm]ed them what is ou[F]rs
and so we m[Bb]ove all [Bb]to [A]the g[Gm]arden [F]
look at [Eb]everything we've o[F]wned
now the [Eb]kids are coming [Dm]home
so [Cm]I set the table [Dm] [Eb] [F]
You can make the f[Bb]ire.