Words & Music, Copyright © 2026 by Jeffrey Scott Siegel
The song is purposely long at 5 minutes. A verse/chorus or bridge can be removed or left in for extended recordings or live performances.
Capo 3 for key of Bb
Intro
| G | D | C | C |
| G | D | C | C |
Verse 1
G D C
I played my hand wide open
C G D
Thought I read the room just right
G D C
Laid my best cards on the table
C D G
Lost it all by end of night
G D C
Sat alone in my quiet corner
C G D
Counted every cost and scar
G D C
Took a long look in the mirror
C D G
Asked myself just who you are
Pre-Chorus
C D G
No one promised me an easy draw
C Em
No one said the deck was fair
C D G
But I've been down before and I know
C D
There's something waiting over there
Chorus
G
Deal me again
D Em C
I've licked my wounds and I've learned my lessons
G
Deal me again
D Em
I'm not the same girl I was back then
C G
The odds may not be in my favor
D C
But I'm ready now to play
Shuffle up and
G
deal me again
| G | C |
Verse 2
G D
I folded when I should've stayed in
C
Stayed in when I should've walked
G D
Took the bluff of someone smiling
C
Believed the sweetest talk
G D
But the table's still right there waiting
C
And my hands have steadied out
G D
I know the game a little better now
C
And I know what I'm about
Pre-Chorus
C D G
No one promised me an easy draw
C Em
No one said the deck was fair
C D G
But I've been down before and I know
C D
There's something waiting over there
Chorus
G
Deal me again
D Em C
I've licked my wounds and I've learned my lessons
G
Deal me again
D Em
I'm not the same girl I was back then
C G
The odds may not be in my favor
D C
But I'm ready now to play
Shuffle up and
G
deal me again
Bridge
Em C
Sometimes you draw a losing hand
C Em
Sometimes the river card runs dry
Em
But every player at this table
C D
Has had a night they wanted to cry
G D C
I'm not folding on forever
C G D
I'm not cashing out my dreams
Em D C
I'll take whatever cards you give me
C G D
And I'll play them like a queen
Chorus
G
Deal me again
D Em C
I've licked my wounds and I've learned my lessons
G
Deal me again
D Em
I'm not the same girl I was back then
C G
The odds may not be in my favor
D C
But honey watch me play
Shuffle up and
G
deal me again
C
Shuffle up and
G
deal me again
| C | G |