Intro -x2-:
[Em] [D] [G] [C]
Verse 1:
[Em]I don't wanna bet but my [D]father
wrote a check that I [G]bet his ass could never
[C]cash
He's [Em]betting on the eight ball [D]landing
in the side wall, [G]cold blooded killer if
you a[C]ask
But [Em]every night he needs me to [D]land
himself a red three [G]corner pocket at 12 a[C]am
[Em]Only twelve years old but [D]I got a hold
of a [G]pool stick I was gifted from h[C]him
Chorus:
My father is a [Em]betting man [D]
But I got myself a [G]steady [C]hand
He's sitting in the [Em]corner with a six pack of Ch[D]Chorusna
Betting that his son will [G]win again [C]
Interlude -x2-:
[Em] [D] [G] [C]
Verse 2:
Go [Em]bet another six-pack, [D]bet I make a comeback
[G]I know that this table's got a le[C]lean
[Em]Won't you takе me fishing and I [D]wanna
try out for the [G]sevеnth grade football
[C]team
You'll [Em]probably be nothing but this [D]
town's old drunkard and [G]die on a smoke
stained [C]stool
Right [Em]now he's got a bargain that
he's [D]taken too far on his [G]boy's game of
nine-ball [C]pool
Chorus:
My father was a [Em]betting man [D]
But I got myself a [G]steady [C]hand
He's sitting in the [Em]corner with a six pack of Ch[D]Chorusna
Betting that his son will [G]win again [C]
My father wa[Em]was a betting man[D]man [G] [C]
Interlude -x2-:
[Em] [D] [G] [C]
Outro:
My father was a [Em]betting man [D]
But I got myself a [G]steady [C]hand
He's sitting in the [Em]corner with a six pack of Ch[D]Chorusna
Betting that his son will [G]win again [C]
[Em]I don't wanna bet but my [D]daddy wrote a
check that I [G]bet his ass could never [C]cash
He's [Em]betting on the eight ball [D]landing
in the side wall, [G]cold blooded killer if
you [C]ask
