Kentucky Gambler (ver. 2)

Merle Haggard

Ce chant est à 4 accords magiques! Il est montré ici dans la transposition originale: en le jouant avec des capo ou en le transposant, vous pouvez le ramener à Am, F, C, G.

Transposer:

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

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La chanson évoque le parcours d'un homme qui, insatisfait de sa vie simple en Kentucky, se lance dans le monde du jeu à Reno, pensant pouvoir devenir riche rapidement. Il abandonne tout, y compris sa famille, dans l'espoir de trouver fortune. Cependant, malgré quelques gains initiaux, il finit par réaliser que la chance est éphémère et qu'avec chaque victoire, le risque d'une perte est toujours présent. En fin de compte, il se retrouve seul et désillusionné, regrettant d'avoir sacrifié sa vie et ses proches pour un rêve illusoire, réalisant que le jeu lui a coûté plus qu'il n'a jamais gagné.