nd Fret Intro: Well, I'll tell you 'bout a gambler, folks, Jim Weaver was his name And I don't know where he came from, but gambling was his trade Ride in here close beside me, I'll tell you about a game The damnedest game in all my years I ever did see played Some said they'd seen him play before down on the Barbary Coast He said that might be true enough, 'cause he'd gambled all around And he lost his stake to a jack high straight out at Sutter's Fort But he'd saved a little poke in case of a game within our town Chorus: