Every Time I Trust A Gal:The Statler
Brothers.
Album - Country Music:Then And Now - #7 on
BB Hot Country on MERCURY Records in 1972.
INTRO: A G E..A G E
#1.
A
He was born on the twelfth of March and the
G E
winds did blow.
A B
Since then ill winds still follow me everywhere
E
I go.
D A
He's been broke in every state and every major
town.
A E A
And every time I trust a gal she lets me down.
#2.
A G E
He sized up a little bank in Logan's Bay.
A
Then I got to thinkin' and I lost my nerve and
B E
threw my gun away.
D
They caught him down by the railroad track and
A
run him out of town.
A E A
And every time I trust a gal she lets me down.
BRIDGE:
D A
Every joy I've known has turned to pain.
D E
If I pick me up they'll come along and knock me
down again.
#3.
A G E
He's gambled away every cent he ever made.
A B
If I fill my inside straight somebody else is
E
holdin' spades.
D A
He's been unfit and unqualified for every job
he's found.
A E A
And every time I trust a gal she lets me down.
INTERLUDE: A G E..A G A
BRIDGE:
D A
Every love I've known has passed me by.
D
I'll never learn cause I guess I've been passed
E
by a thousand times.
#4.
A G E
So, he turns to the open road and shrugs his mind.
A B
With an empty feelin' and a lonely heart without
E
a single dime.
D A
And we know that's how it'll always be til they put
him in the ground.
A E A
Yeah, and every time I trust a gal she lets me down.
OUTRO:
A E A (A G A)
Every time I trust a gal she lets me down..
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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