Standard (EADGBE)
Chorus 1
Two dollar ticket in a four fingered hand
God help me I'm a gambling man
Verse 1
I was pretty cocky in my high roller days
I placed a wager that I could not pay
I asked for a week and they gave me five
Before they came collecting one piece at a time
Chorus 2
Two dollar ticket in a four fingered hand
God help me I'm a gambling man
Verse 2
Your money or your life it's a pretty easy call
Til I realized I never gamble more at all
I gave up the deed to the family farm
Lost the home where my great great grandma was born
Verse 3
Well it's nine in the morning and I'm sitting on this bench
Gonna do some scratching cause I got that itch
If I only win a free one there ain't no shame
It means this gambler's still in the game
Verse 4
A two dollar ticket in a four fingered hand
Don't seem that bad if you don't understand
Bolt cutters beat the rusty blade of the saw
I hold my lucky penny with a two fingered claw