Emmylou Harris Son Of A Rotten Gambler written by Chip Taylor Frank Reckard lead guitar Steve Fishell steel guitar Don Johnson piano Mike Bowden bass John Ware drums Barry Tashian guitar Wayne Goodwin mandolin B D#m G#m And his love will be his vision E F# And he'll take you where you stand B D#m G#m And will you stand your life by his E F# And help the boy become a man B F# And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher B E Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler B F# E B For the son of the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler B D#m G#m E Will the devil be getting to you as you look back F# Over what you've done B D#m G#m E And what you've done was it for reason or rhyme F# Was it just for fun B F# And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher B E Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler B F# E B For the son of the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler G#m E F# Back on the road now you can lose your head G#m E F# There ain't no kingdom for the gambling man G#m E You know the road now and you've made your stand B D#m C#m G# When his eyes shine upon you shine upon you C# G# And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher C# F# Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler C# G# F# C# For the son of the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler Bbm F# G# Back on the road now you can lose your head Bbm F# G# There ain't no kingdom for the gambling man Bbm F# You know the road now and you've made your stand C# Fm Ebm Bb When his eyes shine upon you shine upon you Eb Bb And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher Eb Ab Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler Eb Bb Ab Eb For the son of the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler From Emmylou Harris "Cimarron" Blackwood Music/Back Road Music(BMI) Warner Brothers Records 1981