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