Chords for Kenny Rogers the Gambler
Tempo:
95.3 bpm
Chords used:
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E
Bb
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm] [E] On a warm summer's evening, [A] on a train [E] bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns instead.
[A] The darkness [E] set the window, [Dbm] till boredom overtook us.
[B] And he [E] began to speak, he said, son I've made my life [A] out of reading [E] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] And if you don't mind me saying, [A] I can see you're [E] out of aces, [A] for a taste [E] of your whiskey,
[B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [A] drank down [E] my last swallow, then he bombed a cigarette,
and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] Now the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
Said if you're gonna play the game boy, [B] you gotta learn to play [E] it right.
You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when [B] to run.
You [E] never count your money, [A] till you're sitting [E] at the table,
taking time enough for counting, [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
[F] Now every gambler knows, [Bb] the secret to [F] surviving, is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Cause every hand's a winner, [G] and every [F] hand's a loser,
and the best you can hope for, [C] is to die in [F] your sleep.
When he finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back toward [F] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, faded off [C] the sweep, [F] and somewhere in the darkness,
[Bb] the gambler he [F] walked even, [Bb] but in his [F] final words I [C] found a place that [F] I could keep.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb] know [F] when to fold em, [Bb] know [F] when to walk away,
know [C] when to run.
You never [Bb] count your money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when [F] the dealing's done.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Eb] know when to fold em, know when to walk [C] away,
know when to run.
[F] You never count your money,
[Bb] when you're sitting [F] at the table, [D] there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when the dealing's done.
[F] You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb]
[F] know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, [C] know when to run.
You never [Bb] count your [F] money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, time enough for counting, [C] when [F] the dealing's done.
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[Bm] [E] On a warm summer's evening, [A] on a train [E] bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns instead.
[A] The darkness [E] set the window, [Dbm] till boredom overtook us.
[B] And he [E] began to speak, he said, son I've made my life [A] out of reading [E] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] And if you don't mind me saying, [A] I can see you're [E] out of aces, [A] for a taste [E] of your whiskey,
[B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
So I handed him my bottle, [A] drank down [E] my last swallow, then he bombed a cigarette,
and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] Now the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
Said if you're gonna play the game boy, [B] you gotta learn to play [E] it right.
You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when [B] to run.
You [E] never count your money, [A] till you're sitting [E] at the table,
taking time enough for counting, [B] when the [E] dealing's done.
[F] Now every gambler knows, [Bb] the secret to [F] surviving, is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Cause every hand's a winner, [G] and every [F] hand's a loser,
and the best you can hope for, [C] is to die in [F] your sleep.
When he finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back toward [F] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, faded off [C] the sweep, [F] and somewhere in the darkness,
[Bb] the gambler he [F] walked even, [Bb] but in his [F] final words I [C] found a place that [F] I could keep.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb] know [F] when to fold em, [Bb] know [F] when to walk away,
know [C] when to run.
You never [Bb] count your money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when [F] the dealing's done.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Eb] know when to fold em, know when to walk [C] away,
know when to run.
[F] You never count your money,
[Bb] when you're sitting [F] at the table, [D] there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when the dealing's done.
[F] You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb]
[F] know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, [C] know when to run.
You never [Bb] count your [F] money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, time enough for counting, [C] when [F] the dealing's done.
[N]
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[Bm] _ [E] On a warm summer's evening, [A] on a train [E] bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns instead.
[A] The darkness [E] set the window, [Dbm] till boredom overtook us.
[B] And he [E] began to speak, he said, son I've made my life [A] out of reading [E] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] And if you don't mind me saying, [A] I can see you're [E] out of aces, [A] for a taste [E] of your whiskey,
[B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
_ So I handed him my bottle, [A] drank down [E] my last swallow, then he bombed a cigarette,
and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] Now the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
Said if you're gonna play the game boy, [B] you gotta learn to play [E] it right.
You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when [B] to run.
You [E] never count your money, [A] till you're sitting [E] at the table,
taking time enough for counting, [B] when the [E] dealing's done. _ _ _ _
_ [F] Now every gambler knows, [Bb] the secret to [F] surviving, is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Cause every hand's a winner, [G] and every [F] hand's a loser,
and the best you can hope for, [C] is to die in [F] your sleep.
When he finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back toward [F] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, faded off [C] the sweep, [F] and somewhere in the darkness,
[Bb] the gambler he [F] walked even, [Bb] but in his [F] final words I [C] found a place that [F] I could keep.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb] know [F] when to fold em, [Bb] know [F] when to walk away,
know [C] when to run.
You never [Bb] count your money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when [F] the dealing's done.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Eb] know when to fold em, know when to walk [C] away,
know when to run.
[F] You never count your money,
[Bb] when you're sitting [F] at the table, [D] there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when the dealing's done.
[F] You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb] _
[F] know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, [C] know when to run.
You never [Bb] count your [F] money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, time enough for counting, [C] when [F] the dealing's done.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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[Bm] _ [E] On a warm summer's evening, [A] on a train [E] bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.
We were both too [B] tired to sleep, [E] so we took turns instead.
[A] The darkness [E] set the window, [Dbm] till boredom overtook us.
[B] And he [E] began to speak, he said, son I've made my life [A] out of reading [E] people's faces,
knowing what the cards were by the way they [B] held their eyes.
[E] And if you don't mind me saying, [A] I can see you're [E] out of aces, [A] for a taste [E] of your whiskey,
[B] I'll give you [E] some advice.
_ So I handed him my bottle, [A] drank down [E] my last swallow, then he bombed a cigarette,
and asked me [B] for a light.
[E] Now the night got deathly quiet, [A] and his face lost [E] all expression.
Said if you're gonna play the game boy, [B] you gotta learn to play [E] it right.
You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when [B] to run.
You [E] never count your money, [A] till you're sitting [E] at the table,
taking time enough for counting, [B] when the [E] dealing's done. _ _ _ _
_ [F] Now every gambler knows, [Bb] the secret to [F] surviving, is knowing what to throw away,
knowing what [C] to keep.
[F] Cause every hand's a winner, [G] and every [F] hand's a loser,
and the best you can hope for, [C] is to die in [F] your sleep.
When he finished speaking, [Bb] he turned back toward [F] the window,
crushed out his cigarette, faded off [C] the sweep, [F] and somewhere in the darkness,
[Bb] the gambler he [F] walked even, [Bb] but in his [F] final words I [C] found a place that [F] I could keep.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb] know [F] when to fold em, [Bb] know [F] when to walk away,
know [C] when to run.
You never [Bb] count your money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when [F] the dealing's done.
You gotta know when to hold em, [Eb] know when to fold em, know when to walk [C] away,
know when to run.
[F] You never count your money,
[Bb] when you're sitting [F] at the table, [D] there'll be time enough for counting,
[C] when the dealing's done.
[F] You gotta know when to hold em, [Bb] _
[F] know when to fold em,
know when to walk away, [C] know when to run.
You never [Bb] count your [F] money,
when you're sitting [F] at the table, time enough for counting, [C] when [F] the dealing's done.
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