Marguerite And The Gambler chords by Mary Black

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G D C G  D C D G

Verse:
          D       C       G
See the man in the picture with a falcon on his glove
     D          C      D   G
A famous gambler, they say he never knew defeat
     D     C        D   Em
Lucky at cards, oh, he was lucky in love
      C      G   D   G
He gave his heart to the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
        D       C       G
See the woman beside him, whispering in his ear
         D      C         D   G
She was a famous beauty, with men falling at her feet
          D         C      D   Em
Her father was the richest man in the town of Belvedere
     C        G   D   G   Em
Where the Gambler met the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
         C         G           D
The day when the handsome gambling man came through that town
   Em          C       D  D7 G
They met by chance at the corner of the street
       D   C     D         Em
The scene was set for the tragedy, it was love at first sight
    C        G   D   G
For the Gambler and the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
         D      C        G
Their passion was a fire that could not be contained
          D     C          D   G
And when they made love, oh, how their hearts did beat
       D        C           D    Em
And from that moment the whole world would be forever changed
    C        G   D   G
For the Gambler and the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
        D           C       G
When her father heard the news, he was like a man possessed
         D   C      D   G
In a cold fit of fury, hatred and despair
          D         C          D   Em
No good-for-nothing gambler was gonna steal his daughter’s heart
        C       G   D   G   Em
He hired three men to put an end to the affair

Verse:
         C       G       D
The Gambler had a room upstairs, in a cheap hotel
  Em          C       D  D7 G
The men lay in wait in an alley off the street
            D          C          D   Em
As the lovers strolled by, three shots rang out and the Gambler fell
        C      G   D   G
He died in the arms of the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
           D       C        G
When they brought her home, she just could not be consoled
      D       C      D
Her mother sent out for a doctor and a priest
    G    D        C      D
But it was too late to save her body or her soul
            Em
She’d gone to meet the Gambler
    C        G   D   G
Who was waiting for his lovely Marguerite

Verse:
          D       C       G
See the man in the picture with a falcon on his glove
        D           C       D
And the woman beside him, the Queen of Hearts at her feet
 G         D             C      D   Em
Ohh, they looked so happy, they must have been so much in love
      C        G   D   G   Em
The famous Gambler and the lovely Marguerite

Verse:
         C        G      D
They still talk about them in the town of Belvedere
    Em             C       D  D7 G
The old people can remember hearing gunfire on the street
         D          C        D
And now when the moon is full, two lovers sometimes appear
         Em      C        G   D   G   D G D
They say it’s the ghost of The Gambler and the lovely Marguerite
         Em      C        G   D   G
They say it’s the ghost of The Gambler and the lovely Marguerite