Moonlight gambler    (intro)  (midi)    (sample)

 

    D - Bm - G - A  (2x)

               

(spoken, while playing     D - Bm - G - A        4 times)

You can gamble for match sticks, you can gamble for gold.  The stakes may be heavy or small.  But if you haven't gambled for love and lost, then you haven't  gambled at all.

 

                   D                Gm - A          D

1. So they call me the moon.....light gambler,

            F                                A       - A7

    I've gambled for love and lost.

                  G                              Gm

     When I gamble for love but it isn't in the cards,

     D              Bm                      Em  A

     oh, what heartaches it can cost me.

 

     - - - - - D               Gm   - A         D

    Win or lose, I'm a moon…..light gambler,

                 F                              A      - A7

     and a winner is all I long to be,

               D              D7              G           Gm

    so I'll gamble for love just as long as I live,

                D             A                     D

    till the day Lady Luck smiles at me.

 

                           Gm                                              - D

    Well, you can gamble for match sticks, you can     gamble for gold,

            Gm                                   D   - D7

    the stakes may be heavy or small,

              Gm                                 D            Bm

    But if you haven't gambled for love and lost,

                      D              - Em           A       D

    well, then you haven't         gambled at all.

              Gm                                 D                Bm

    No, if you haven't gambled for love in the moonlight,

             D                - Em          A       D

    then you haven't         gambled at all.

 

               D              D7               G           Gm

    So I'll gamble for love just as long as I live,

                D   - Bm           Em               A            D

    till the day          Lady Luck smiles down on me.

 

              D                 Gm - A          D

    They call me the moon......light gambler,

                      D                Gm - A          D          - G - D

    Yes, they call me the moon......light gambler.

 

    (Frankie Laine)