Oct232024

Jesse Welles – Its A Gamble Enough Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Chorus]
Now I don't
 E
taste
        A
wine I can't
   E
afford
         B
I don't listen to
no one getting paid
   E
I don't look up
    E7
to bullies
         A
I don't play no
 D          A
games with spades
D       E
It's a gamble
enough
      B
Just waking up
    A
For me


[Instyrument]
A E A E A E A E

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[Verse]
   E
I dreamt we
 A           E
toured Argentina
Like some level
    A E  E7
 on N64
   A
I just kept
 D      A  D
messin' up
 A
Havin' to
 D    A    D
start over
          E
Well the devil
     A   E
was the TM
A       E
He had horns
 that
 A       E
pointed down
E7          A
I stole my buddy
 D
Ted's Ford
 A    D
Bronco
     A
And wrecked it
D       A
in the south
 D        B7
Now he's suing
#me for damages
Others tried to
talk it down
   A      D
I cant defend
   A
myself
D      A
I was high and
 D       A
leavin' town


[Chorus]
And now I don't
 E
taste
        A       E
wine I can't afford
E7       B7
I don't listen to
no one getting paid
   E
I don't look up
    E7
to bullies
         A
I don't play no
 D          A
games with spades
D       E
It's a gamble
      A
enough
      B7
Just waking up
    A
For me


[Instrument]
A  E A E  A E A E

[Verse]
          E
Theres a message
A       E
in the sanskrit
           A
Relayed to me in
  E    E7
 Greek
      A
I'll give you
 D        A    D
the translation
     A
The future's
 D       A   A7
looking bleak
        E
And if that's the
     A      E
way that it is
      E      A
Then yes I am
     E     E7
complainin'
      A
Just don't piss
 D       A   D
down my back
     A       D
And tell me that
      A     A7
it's rainin'
     B7
Dont let 'em
go tell you off
Make you feel
 like a failure
       A
There ain't
   D
a damn
       A    D
thing wrong
      A     D
With livin' in
   A
a trailer


[Chorus]
And now I don't
 E
taste wine
   A       E
I can't afford
E7       B7
I don't listen to
no one getting
paid
   E
I don't look up
    E7
to bullies
         A
I don't play no
 D          A
games with spades
D       E
It's a gamble
      A
enough
      B7
Just waking up
    A
For me


[Instrument]
A E A E A E A E


[Verse]
     E
Now what's the
       A     E    A
 point in a winnin'
          E
When you had to
 A      E
pay to play
E7        A
Hell even I can
 D        A
get into baseball
D
When there's
 A    D       A
money on the way
D      B7
And I don't like
 law enforcement
I knew some of 'um
In school
 A
Picked on and
 D
picked off
     A       D
And slow to grow
Now they're
 A
pointing'
     D      A
the gun at you

[Chorus]
And now I don't
 E
taste wine I
 A       E
can't afford
E7       B7
I don't listen to
 no one getting
paid
   E
I don't look up
    E7
to bullies
         A
I don't play no
 D          A
games with spades
D       E
It's a gamble
enough
      B7
Just waking up
        E
It's a gamble
      E7
enough
      A     D
Just waking up
        E
It's a gamble
      E7
enough
      B7
Just waking up
    A
For me


[Instrument]
A E A E A E A E7

How to play Its A Gamble Enough: key, chords and progression

Its A Gamble Enough by Jesse Welles is centred on A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). The song uses 7 chords: E, A, B, E7, D, B7 and A7.

The backbone of the song is E – E7 – A – D (V – V7 – I – IV in A major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – doh – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.