Chords for KENNY ROGERS - THE GAMBLER
Tempo:
85.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
Eb
A
Ab
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] [G] [Ab]
[Bb] On a warm summer's evening, on [Ab] a train bound for [Eb]
nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, so we [Eb] took turns a-staring.
Out the window at the [F] darkness, the boredom [Eb] overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces,
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my saying, I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of your [Eb] whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice.
So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a life, [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet.
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression.
Said, [Ab] if you're gonna play the game, boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got no when to hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, and no [Bb] when to run.
[Eb] You never count your money [Ab] when you're sitting [Eb] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
[E] Every gambler knows [A] what the secret to [E] surviving is,
knowing what to throw away, knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand the winner, [A] and every [E] hand the loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die in [E] the street.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back toward [E] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, and faded it off [B] to sleep.
[E] And somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] but in his [E] final words I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no [E] when to fold up, [A] no [E] when to walk away, and no [B] when to run.
You never [A] count your [E] money when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You got no when to [Ab] hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, [B] and no when to run.
You [N] never count your money when you're sitting at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [E] when the dealing's done.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no when [E] to fold up, no when to walk away, and no when [B] to run.
You never count your [E] money [A] when you're sitting at [E] the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the dealing's done.
[Bb] On a warm summer's evening, on [Ab] a train bound for [Eb]
nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, so we [Eb] took turns a-staring.
Out the window at the [F] darkness, the boredom [Eb] overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces,
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my saying, I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of your [Eb] whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice.
So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a life, [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet.
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression.
Said, [Ab] if you're gonna play the game, boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got no when to hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, and no [Bb] when to run.
[Eb] You never count your money [Ab] when you're sitting [Eb] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done.
[E] Every gambler knows [A] what the secret to [E] surviving is,
knowing what to throw away, knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand the winner, [A] and every [E] hand the loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die in [E] the street.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back toward [E] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, and faded it off [B] to sleep.
[E] And somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] but in his [E] final words I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no [E] when to fold up, [A] no [E] when to walk away, and no [B] when to run.
You never [A] count your [E] money when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You got no when to [Ab] hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, [B] and no when to run.
You [N] never count your money when you're sitting at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [E] when the dealing's done.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no when [E] to fold up, no when to walk away, and no when [B] to run.
You never count your [E] money [A] when you're sitting at [E] the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the dealing's done.
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] On a warm summer's evening, on [Ab] a train bound for [Eb]
nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, so we [Eb] took turns a-staring.
Out the window at the [F] darkness, the boredom [Eb] overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces,
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my saying, I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of your [Eb] whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice. _
So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a life, [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet.
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression.
Said, [Ab] if you're gonna play the game, boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got no when to hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, and no [Bb] when to run.
[Eb] You never count your money [Ab] when you're sitting [Eb] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Every gambler knows [A] what the secret to [E] surviving is,
knowing what to throw away, knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand the winner, [A] and every [E] hand the loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die in [E] the street.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back toward [E] the window,
_ crushed out his cigarette, and faded it off [B] to sleep.
[E] And somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] but in his [E] final words I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no [E] when to fold up, [A] no [E] when to walk away, and no [B] when to run.
You never [A] count your [E] money when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You got no when to [Ab] hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, [B] and no when to run.
You [N] never count your money when you're sitting at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [E] when the dealing's done.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no when [E] to fold up, no when to walk away, and no when [B] to run.
You never count your [E] money [A] when you're sitting at [E] the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the dealing's done. _ _ _ _
[Bb] On a warm summer's evening, on [Ab] a train bound for [Eb]
nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [Bb] tired to sleep, so we [Eb] took turns a-staring.
Out the window at the [F] darkness, the boredom [Eb] overtook us, [Bb] and he [Eb] began to speak.
He said, son, I've made a life [Ab] out of reading [Eb] people's faces,
and knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my saying, I [Ab] can see you're out of [Eb] aces for [Ab] a taste of your [Eb] whiskey.
[Bb] I'll give you some [Eb] advice. _
So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bombed a cigarette and asked me for [Bb] a life, [Eb] and the night got deathly quiet.
[Ab] And his face lost all [Eb] expression.
Said, [Ab] if you're gonna play the game, boy, [Bb] you gotta learn to [Eb] play it right.
You got no when to hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, and no [Bb] when to run.
[Eb] You never count your money [Ab] when you're sitting [Eb] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [Bb] when the [Eb] dealing's done. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Every gambler knows [A] what the secret to [E] surviving is,
knowing what to throw away, knowing what [B] to keep.
[E] Cause every hand the winner, [A] and every [E] hand the loser,
[A] and the best that you [E] can hope for is [B] to die in [E] the street.
And when he finished speaking, [A] he turned back toward [E] the window,
_ crushed out his cigarette, and faded it off [B] to sleep.
[E] And somewhere in the darkness, [A] the gambler he [E] broke even,
[A] but in his [E] final words I [B] found an ace that [E] I could keep.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no [E] when to fold up, [A] no [E] when to walk away, and no [B] when to run.
You never [A] count your [E] money when you're sitting [E] at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
You got no when to [Ab] hold up, no when to fold up, no when to walk away, [B] and no when to run.
You [N] never count your money when you're sitting at the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [E] when the dealing's done.
You got no when to hold up, [A] no when [E] to fold up, no when to walk away, and no when [B] to run.
You never count your [E] money [A] when you're sitting at [E] the table.
There'll be time enough for counting [B] when the dealing's done. _ _ _ _