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Intro: | (G) | (G/F#) | (F7) | (E7) | (E7) Verse G G/F# F7 E7 My father was a gambler, he threw horseshoes at the moon C G Em/F# C He won a million dollars, and lost a million, too G C They repossessed the house, and towed that Cadil- lac Am E F F# My daddy, he just smiled and said, 'One day I'll win it back' G G/F# F7 E7 My daddy bought that Cadillac off a Detroit motor line C G Em/F# C Then he drove it through his home town, to prove he hit his prime G C With hundred dollars bills in a Saint Chris money clip Am E F F# D And four kids starrin' proudly from that big ole sinkin' ship Em Throwin' horseshoes at the moon C G Boys, it's mighty risky odds C G F# E Some- times ya hook the milky way or the outstretched hands of God C G C But mostly they just fall into a dark and dusty hole Am E F F# D And the sound of fallin' horse shoes pulls upon your soul Em Throwin' horse shoes at the moon Instrumental | (C) | (G) | (C) | (G) | (F#m) | (Em) | (Em) | (C) | (C) (Bm) | | (G) | (C) | (C) | (Am) | (E) | (F) | (F#) | (D) --- Verse G G/F# F7 E7 My daddy was a gambler but he had an honest heart C G Em/F# C He never did com- plain when the whole thing fell a- part G C He just swam that sea of alcohol till he reached the other side Am E F F# D How can ya be a loser if you never loss your pride? Em Throwin' horse shoes at the moon C G Boys, it's mighty risky odds C G F# E Some- times ya hook the milky way or the outstretched hands of God C G C But mostly they just fall into a dark and dusty hole Am E F F# D And the sound of fallin' horse shoes pulls upon your soul Em Throwin' horse shoes at the moon Tag C D G Throwin horse shoes at the moon
C G Boys, it's mighty risky odds C G F# E Some- times ya hook the milky way or the outstretched hands of God C G C But mostly they just fall into a dark and dusty hole Am E F F# D And the sound of fallin' horse shoes pulls upon your soul Em Throwin' horse shoes at the moon
Written by Thomas George Russell
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