Capotraste on fret #1 Intro: G C D G C G D G G C I wanted more from life, than four kids and a wife G D G And a job in a dark Kentucky mine. C A twenty acre farm, with a shackey house and barn G D G Thats all I had and all I left behind G C But at gambling, I was lucky, and so I left Kentucky G D G And left behind my woman and my kids G C Into the gay casinos, of Nevada's town of Reno G D G This Kentucky Gambler planned to get rich quick G C D G Kentucky gambler who's gonna love your woman in Kentucky C G D G Yeah and who's going to be the one to give her all she needs. G C D G Kentucky gambler, who's going to raise your children in Kentucky C G D G And who's going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet G C There at the gambler's Paradise, Lady luck was on my side G D G and this Kentucky gambler played just right G C Yeah I won at everything I played - I really thought I had it made G D G But I should have quit and gone on home that night G C But when you love the green backed dollar, sorrow always bound tofollow G D G and Reno's dreams fade into neon amber G And Lady Luck, she'll lead you on C She'll stay a while, and then she's gone G D G You better go on home, Kentucky gambler G C But a gambler never seems to stop, till he loses all he's got G D G and with a money - hungry fever, I played on G C I played till I'd lost all I'd won, I was right back where I'd started from. G D G Then I started wanting - to go home G C D G Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody, waiting in Kentucky C G D G When I ran out, somebody else walked in G C D G Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky C G D G And it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins D G much more than he wins.