Dm        C          Bb       Dm

{Verse I}

F
Hello, my babe. I'm back to stay
                                  C
You're sure wearing fine pretty things
                   C
But where is your ring, your ring and chain
   Bb                           F
I gave you last summer in the fallin' rain?
       Dm                    Am
"Your ring," she said, It never meant a thing
   Dm             Am
I gave your ring away
   Dm            C
I met a man, a gamblin' man
 Bb                       Dm
Said he would buy me the Milky Way."

{VerseII}

 F
Away, Away. I've been away
                   C
I've been so many miles
                        C
Where is the smile that once lit your face?
    Bb                         F
It seems a tear has taken is place
 Dm                            Am
"My smile," she sighed, with a look a little wild
     Dm            Am
"My smile it is possessed
  Dm             C
I met a man, a gamblin' man
 Bb                   Dm
Said he would buy me happiness."

{Verse III}

 F
I never, I never
 F
You know I never
                     C
I never had much to give
       C
But I gave you my heart
     C
Now where is your heart?
     Bb                              F
It was all that I had from the very start
  Dm                        Am
"My heart," she cried, " It has been bought."
     Dm                Am
She looked at me with fear
   Dm                      C
"I married that man, that gamblin' man
       Bb                        Dm
Who'd shoot you if he found you here."