Chords for "THE GAMBLER" (Unplugged) - Sawyer Brown
Tempo:
84 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
B
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] On a warm summer's evening, [G] on a train bound for [D] nowhere,
met up with a gambler.
We were both [B] too tired [A] to sleep.
[D] We took turns of staring [G] at the window [D] at the darkness.
[Gm] But a [D] movie took us, [A] and he began to [D] speak.
He said, son, I made a life [G] at reading [D] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were, by the way they [A] held their eyes.
If [D] you don't mind me saying, [G] I can see you're out of [D] aces
[G] for a taste [D] of your whiskey.
[A] I'll give you some [D] advice.
So I handed him my bottle.
[G] He drank down [D] my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked [A] me for a light.
[D] Then the night got deathly quiet,
[G] and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you're going to play the game, [D] boy,
[A] you better learn to play [D] it right.
You got to know when to hold [G] up, know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [Bm] know when [A] to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, every gambler
knows [G] the secret to [D] surviving, knowing what to throw away,
and [Bm] knowing [A] what to keep.
[D] Every hand's a winner, [G] and every hand's [D] a loser,
[G] and the best [D] that you can hope for
[A] is to die in your [D] sleep.
When he finished speaking, [G] he turned back toward [D] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, and faded [A] off to sleep.
[D]
Somewhere in the night, [G] the gambler, he [D] broke even,
[G] but in his final words, [A] I found an ace [D] that I could keep.
Come on.
You got to know when to hold up, [G] know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [F#m] know [A] when to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, there'll
be [Gm] time [B] enough for counting.
[A] When [D] the
met up with a gambler.
We were both [B] too tired [A] to sleep.
[D] We took turns of staring [G] at the window [D] at the darkness.
[Gm] But a [D] movie took us, [A] and he began to [D] speak.
He said, son, I made a life [G] at reading [D] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were, by the way they [A] held their eyes.
If [D] you don't mind me saying, [G] I can see you're out of [D] aces
[G] for a taste [D] of your whiskey.
[A] I'll give you some [D] advice.
So I handed him my bottle.
[G] He drank down [D] my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked [A] me for a light.
[D] Then the night got deathly quiet,
[G] and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you're going to play the game, [D] boy,
[A] you better learn to play [D] it right.
You got to know when to hold [G] up, know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [Bm] know when [A] to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, every gambler
knows [G] the secret to [D] surviving, knowing what to throw away,
and [Bm] knowing [A] what to keep.
[D] Every hand's a winner, [G] and every hand's [D] a loser,
[G] and the best [D] that you can hope for
[A] is to die in your [D] sleep.
When he finished speaking, [G] he turned back toward [D] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, and faded [A] off to sleep.
[D]
Somewhere in the night, [G] the gambler, he [D] broke even,
[G] but in his final words, [A] I found an ace [D] that I could keep.
Come on.
You got to know when to hold up, [G] know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [F#m] know [A] when to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, there'll
be [Gm] time [B] enough for counting.
[A] When [D] the
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[D] _ _ On a warm summer's evening, [G] on a train bound for [D] nowhere,
met up with a gambler.
We were both [B] too tired [A] to sleep.
[D] _ _ We took turns of staring [G] at the window [D] at the darkness.
[Gm] But a [D] movie took us, [A] and he began to [D] speak.
_ He said, son, I made a life [G] at reading [D] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were, by the way they [A] held their eyes.
If [D] you don't mind me saying, [G] I can see you're out of [D] aces
[G] for a taste [D] of your whiskey.
[A] I'll give you some [D] advice.
_ So I handed him my bottle.
[G] He drank down [D] my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked [A] me for a light.
[D] Then the night got deathly quiet,
[G] and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you're going to play the game, [D] boy,
[A] you better learn to play [D] it right.
_ You got to know when to hold [G] up, know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [Bm] know when [A] to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, _ _ every gambler
knows [G] the secret to [D] surviving, knowing what to throw away,
and [Bm] knowing [A] what to keep.
_ [D] Every hand's a winner, [G] and every hand's [D] a loser,
[G] and the best [D] that you can hope for
[A] is to die in your [D] sleep.
_ When he finished speaking, [G] he turned back toward [D] the window,
_ crushed out his cigarette, and faded [A] off to sleep.
[D] _ _
Somewhere in the night, [G] the gambler, he [D] broke even,
[G] but in his final words, [A] I found an ace [D] that I could keep.
Come on.
You got to know when to hold up, [G] know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [F#m] know [A] when to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, _ there'll
be [Gm] time [B] enough for counting.
[A] When [D] the
met up with a gambler.
We were both [B] too tired [A] to sleep.
[D] _ _ We took turns of staring [G] at the window [D] at the darkness.
[Gm] But a [D] movie took us, [A] and he began to [D] speak.
_ He said, son, I made a life [G] at reading [D] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were, by the way they [A] held their eyes.
If [D] you don't mind me saying, [G] I can see you're out of [D] aces
[G] for a taste [D] of your whiskey.
[A] I'll give you some [D] advice.
_ So I handed him my bottle.
[G] He drank down [D] my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked [A] me for a light.
[D] Then the night got deathly quiet,
[G] and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you're going to play the game, [D] boy,
[A] you better learn to play [D] it right.
_ You got to know when to hold [G] up, know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [Bm] know when [A] to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, _ _ every gambler
knows [G] the secret to [D] surviving, knowing what to throw away,
and [Bm] knowing [A] what to keep.
_ [D] Every hand's a winner, [G] and every hand's [D] a loser,
[G] and the best [D] that you can hope for
[A] is to die in your [D] sleep.
_ When he finished speaking, [G] he turned back toward [D] the window,
_ crushed out his cigarette, and faded [A] off to sleep.
[D] _ _
Somewhere in the night, [G] the gambler, he [D] broke even,
[G] but in his final words, [A] I found an ace [D] that I could keep.
Come on.
You got to know when to hold up, [G] know [D] when to fold up,
[G] know [D] when to walk away, [F#m] know [A] when to run.
You [D] never count your money.
[G] When you're sitting [D] at the table,
there'll be time enough for counting.
[A] When the [D] dealing's done, _ there'll
be [Gm] time [B] enough for counting.
[A] When [D] the