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Moonlight Gambler
Words & Music by Bob Hilliard & Phil SpringerRecorded by Frankie Laine, 1956 (#3)
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SPOKEN:
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You can gamble for match sticks, you can gamble for gold.
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The stakes may be heavy or small.
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But if you haven't gambled for love and lost,
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You haven't gambled at all.
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They call me a moonlight gambler
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I've gambled for love and lost
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When I gamble for love but it isn't in the cards
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Oh, what heartaches it can cost me
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Win or lose, I'm a moonlight gambler
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And a winner is what I long to be
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So I'll gam - ble for love just as long as I live
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Till the day Lady Luck smiles on me
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Well, you can gam - ble for match sticks
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You can gam - ble for gold
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The stakes may be heavy or small
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But if you haven't gam - bled for love and lost
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Then you haven't gam - bled at all
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No, if you haven't gam - bled for love in the moonlight
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Then you haven't gam - bled at all
Em7 A7 D DM7 D G/B A7 G/B A7 G/B Edim
So I'll gam - ble for love just as long as I live
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Till the day Lady Luck smiles on me
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They call me the moonlight gambler
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They call me the moonlight gambler
*Suggested by recent visitor Ed Brown