A        Bm             A                Bm               F#m
My daddy was a handsome gambler he had a chain five miles long
          D     Bm          E                 D    Bm           E
On every link a heart gets dangled of another maid he loved and
wronged
           Bm              A
He told to you some loving story
              Bm                    F#m
He'd make you think he'd leave them true
               D    Bm            E                D    Bm
E
But love grows cold as love grows older  and fades away like morning
dew
           Bm              A                Bm            F#m
I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun refused to shine
        D    Bm         E                  D      Bm           E
Than to live here in    Missouri with your memory always on my mind
            Bm               A                  Bm                 F#m
Come all ye fair and tender ladies take warning how your court your
man
               D      Bm              E
They're like a star on a summer morning
              D   Bm                    E
First they appear then they're gone again

(solo)

            Bm               A                  Bm                 F#m
Come all ye fair and tender ladies take warning how your court your
man
               D      Bm              E
They're like a star on a summer morning
              D   Bm                    E
First they appear then they're gone again