Tonart: G major
Verse 1
D
Em
G
Well, was writing a play
and Bart Tiamati.
C
It takes place in a Motel 6
Em
D
just out side of Cincinnati.
Em
C
There's a table and a bottle
of whiskey.
but they light a cigarette first.
C
Pete Rose looks terrible,
be straight with me,
Em
have you been gambling on games?
C
Pete says, Commissioner,
where I come from,
Em
D
we bet on everything
C
He says, let's get to the point, Pete,
Em
did you ever bet on your own team?
C
Not sure what Pete's gonna reply,
Em
D
but I think I'll have a telephone ring
G
It's gonna be shoeless Joe Jackson,
Em
calling from ten years
if you don't throw him out,
all these years?
paintin' houses,
Em
havin' a beggin' steal and rob
C
He tries to grab the receiver,
D
he says, I could tell you
stuff about Ty Cobb
G
Then I hear a knockin',
Em
a knockin' at my door
C
It's my sweet Martha and I open up
D
and she crawls in on the floor
C
Says, put down your paper and pen,
Em
boy, I can wait another day
D
She grabs my leg, says, all I got to say is
G
Are you gambling with my love?
Em
Are you saying you don't care?
G
Are you gambling with my love
D
while you sit there in that chair?
Em
C
D
G
Are you gonna gamble?
I said, girl, I got backers
Em
I got money people waitin' for this stuff
C
I got a theater off Broadway
D
Convinced one act ain't gonna be enough
C
I said, I'm startin' to
roll with this dialogue
Em
I'm gettin' inside Pete Rose's head
C
I said, he can taste the Hall of Fame
She said,
D
don't you want to taste me instead?
G
I said, girl, do you understand
that with 4 ,000 hits
Em
a man could still feel emptiness?
C
And I'd repeat, Commissioner,
what you got in your hand?
D
He said, can't you guess?
C
He said, if I was a betting man,
I'd say you were trying to bluff
C
Commissioner said, too bad, Jane,
D
it's good playing the odds,
C
it's playing second base
Em
C
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
D
G
Gangly with my love
So she said, what does Mrs. Rose
Em
have to say about all this?
I haven't thought about Mrs. Rose
D
And I leaned over and gave Martha a kiss
C
She said you got 2 guys in a hotel room
Em
No other characters or special effects
C
I said, there's plenty of drama there
D
She says, three acts, no sex
G
She says, there is a Mrs. Rose though
Em
Yeah, I said, well, yeah, there is, I suppose
what's her chemistry?
What are her specifics?
Does she wear support holes?
C
I said, baby, you're wearing
me out, I need a break
Em
Well, he said, we'd turn down the bed
C
She looks at me, she rolls her eyes
D
She grabs my pen and says
G
Are you gamblin' with my love?
Em
Are you sayin' you don't care?
G
Are you gamblin' with my love?
D
Are you sittin' there in that chair?
Em
C
Are you gonna gamble?
D
G
Gamblin' with my love
So now it goes like this
Em
He rolls to your mighty old town
C
Mrs. Rose bursts in and says
Damn it, Peter,
D
carry your children in my womb
C
She says, Mr. D 'Amati,
you need this man
Em
as much as he needs you
She says,
C
Judge Knight, let's give you judge
D
Turns to Peter and says
G
Are you gonna gamble with my love?
Em
Are you saying you don't care?
G
Are you gambling with my love?
D
While you sit there in that chair
Em
C
Are you gonna gamble?
D
G
Gamblin' with my love
Are you gamblin' with my love?
Em
Are you sayin' you don't care?
G
Are you gamblin' with my love?
D
While you sit there in that chair
Em
Oh, oh, you're gonna get in my arms
C
D
G
Can't ruin my love
C
Em
Ooh, ooh, ooh
C
D
G
Can't ruin my love
Em
C
D
Ooh, yeah, where is my love?
G
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