New Roving Gambler Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
New Roving Gambler
Written and Recorded by Hank Thompson
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I am a roving gambler I've gambled all around
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ver I meet with a
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deck of cards
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lay my money
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down
I lay my money down
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lay my money
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I had not been in 'Frisco many more weeks than three
Till I
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fell in love with a
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pretty little girl
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fell in love with
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me
Fell in love with me
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fell in love with
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She took me in her parlor she cooled me with a fan
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whispered low in her
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mother's
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love this gambling
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man
Love this gambling man
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love this gambling
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Oh daughter oh dear daughter how could you treat me so
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leave your dear old
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mother
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with a gambler
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go
With a gambler go
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with a gambler
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Oh mother oh dear mother you know I love you well
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love I have for this gambling
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man
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human tongue can
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tell
No human tongue can tell
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no human tongue can
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I left that gal in 'Frisco and I wound up in Maine
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met up with a gambling
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man
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got in a poker
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Got in a poker game
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got in a poker
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He put his money in the pot and dealt the cards around
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saw him deal from the bottom of the
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deck
So I
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shot that gambler
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down
Shot that gambler down
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shot that gambler
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Well now I'm down in prison I got a number for my name
The
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warden said as he
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locked the door
You've
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gambled your last
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Gambled your last game
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gambled your last
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FAQ
Who sang the the song New Roving Gambler?
- The song New Roving Gambler was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.
