C
F
Deuces wild deuces wild
C
G7
He came my way to play the game
C
F
C
Up and down the river looking all the while
G7
C
For a man who plays poker with deuces wild
G7
C
He’s the man who plays poker with deuces wild
F
C
When I was just a lad before I turned bad
G7
No more than the age of ten
C
F
C
I heard my poor old ma pleading with my pa
G7
C
Please don’t go gambling again
F
C
Well known in New Orleans and along the river streams
G7
As destinies gambling child
C
F
C
With tattoos on his arm he had a good luck charm
G7
C
The words were deuces wild
F
Deuces wild deuces wild
C
G7
C
He came my way to play the game
G7
C
He’s the man who played poker with deuces wild
F
C
Soon he disappeared and then through the years
G7
My ma slowly died in shame
C
F
C
As so as I was leaving I swore that I’d get even
G7
C
With him who gave me my name
F
C
So I began to deal on the Natchez Keel
G7
Who’s Captain sure liked my style
C
F
C
Revenge was in my will I had to find and kill
G7
C
The man with deuces wild
F
C
G7
C
Cut a card play it hard making myself a name
G7
C
He’s the man who played poker with deuces wild
F
C
Many years had passed and I lived them fast
G7
My search set my soul on fire
C
F
C
They knew me up and down in every levy town
G7
C
As one with a crazy desire
F
C
And with my own two hands I had to break the man
G7
Who gambled with such a smile
C
F
C
I would put a bullet through the man with that tattoo
G7
C
Who sure loved deuces wild
F
C
Up and down the river looking all the while
G7
C
For a man who plays poker with deuces wild
G7
C
He’s the man who plays poker with deuces wild
F
C
One day I played a hand with tough Dixie Dan
G7
Who came up from Mobile way
C
F
C
When he saw he was beaten he said that I was cheating
G7
C
His gun quickly pushed the cards away
F
C
As I heard the bullet scream an old gent stepped between
G7
He looked up and smiled and died
C
F
C
And tattooed on his arm I saw a good luck charm
G7
C
The words were deuces wild
F
Deuces wild deuces wild
C
G7
He came my way to play the game
C
F
C
G7
C
Cut a card play it hard making myself a name
F
C
Up and down the river looking all the while
G7
C
Looking for a man who plays poker with deuces wild
G7
F
C
