By: Melanie Safka 1970
[1]
| G | C |
Well, you | know that I'm not a gambler, but I'm | being gambled on |
| G | D7 | G |
They put in a | nickel and I | sing a little | song |
| G | C |
| Da-dn da da-dn da da-dn da da da, da-dn | da da-dn da da da |
| G | D7 | G |
They put in a | nickel and I | sing a little | song |
| G | C |
Well I | don't mind that they're lucky, but it | seems they always win |
| G | D7 | G |
And gambling is | illegal in the | state of mind I'm | in |
| G | C |
And | if I had a nickel for each | time that I've been put on |
| G | D7 | G |
I would be their | nickel man and I'd | sing the nickel | song |
| G | C |
| Da-dn da da-dn da da-dn da da da, da-dn | da da-dn da da da |
| G | D7 | G |
They put in a | nickel and I | sing a little | song |
| C | G | D7 | G |
They're | only putting in a | nickel, and they | want a dollar | song, oh |
| C | G | D7 | G |
They're | only putting in a | nickel, and they | want a dollar | song |
| G | C |
Well, you | know I don't know so many things, but I | know what's been going on |
| C | G | D7 | G |
We | only put in a | little to get | rid of a lot that's | wrong |
| G | C |
And | if we had a nickel, for each | time that we've been put on |
| G | D | G |
We'd all be the | nickel man and we | sing a nickel | song |
| G | C |
| Well, you know that I'm not a gambler, but I'm | being gambled on |
| G | D7 | G |
They put in a | nickel and I | sing a little | song |
| G | C |
| Da-dn da da-dn da da-dn da da da, da-dn | da da-dn da da da |
| G | D7 | G |
Da-dn da da da | da-dn da da da, | da-dn da | da |
| C | G | D7 | G |
They're | only putting in a | nickel, to | win a dollar | song |
| G | C |
| Da-dn da da-dn da da-dn da da da, da-dn | da da-dn da da da |
| C | G | D7 | G |
Oh they're | only putting in a | nickel, to | win a dollar | song |
Created 2010 Jan 18 08:08
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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