Written by Bob Hilliard/Philip Springer
Intro: C F G
SPOKEN: C F C F C F
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, 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 and 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 gamble for love just as long as I live
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Till the day Lady Luck smiles at me
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You can gamble for match sticks
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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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Then you haven't gambled at all
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No, if you haven't gambled for love in the moonlight
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Then you haven't gambled at all
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So I'll gamble for love just as long as I live
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Till the day Lady Luck smiles at me
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They call me a moonlight gambler
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They call me a moonlight gambler
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