Tumbling Dice Lyrics

[Bridge]
Oh, my, my, my, I'm the lone craps shooter
Playing the field every night

[Outro]
Baby, get it straight
You got to roll me and call me the tumbling dice
Got to roll me (Call me the tumbling dice)
Got to roll me
Got to roll me
Got to roll me (Oh, oh yeah)
Got to roll me (Oh, oh)
Got to roll me (Oh yeah)
Got to roll me (Oh, keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Oh, keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Oh yeah, keep on rolling)
Got to roll me (Call me the tumbling dice)
Got to roll me (Yeah)
Got to roll me (Roll me, baby)
Got to roll me (Ah yeah)
Got to roll me (Oh my, my, my, my)
Got to roll me
Got to roll me (Keep on tumbling down, baby, oh)
Got to roll me
Got to roll me
Got to roll me

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About

Genius Annotation

“Tumbling Dice” was the only major hit on Exile on Main St. peaking at number 5 in the UK and number 7 on the US charts in April 1972.

The song is about a promiscuous gambler:

It’s weird where your lyric things come from. On “Tumbling Dice”, I sat down with the house keeper and talked to her about gambling. She liked to play dice and I really didn’t know much about it, but I got it off her and managed to make the song out of that. (It) was written to fit Keith’s riff. It’s about gambling and love, an old blues trick.
- Mick Jagger

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What did The Rolling Stones say about "Tumbling Dice"?
Genius Answer

I remember writing the riff upstairs in the very elegant front room, and we took it downstairs the same evening, and we cut it.

Keith Richards to Rolling Stone

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